LETTER: Corporations have freedom of speech – The Northwest Florida Daily News

Letter to the editor| Northwest Florida Daily News

Just a little lesson on the Constitution for those who need it. The First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech, specifically with respect to government retaliation. The government can't tell you what you can and can't say, and they can't punish you if you say something the government doesn't like.

Based on the Citizens United Decision by the Supreme Court, corporations are de facto citizens and have the same right to freedom of speech.

Since the State of Florida has passed a law that Gov. Ron DeSantis himself says is in retaliation to a public stance that Disney took on another law, and their right to withhold political contributions, another form of speech per Citizens United, the State of Florida, whose own constitution is subservient to the U.S. Constitution, and therefore bound by it, has by this legislation violated the First Amendment rights of Disney. Therefore, the law is illegal on its face.

David M. Hogg, Fort Walton Beach

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