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Re: Main St traffic and the new Bus Only lanes |
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Posted by BusMgr on Tue Dec 1 13:43:39 2015, in response to Re: Main St traffic and the new Bus Only lanes, posted by pragmatist on Tue Dec 1 08:51:30 2015. I had used the general case of doing business, which can be done individually or in some other form, such a corporation. Proprietors certainly have individual beliefs that can express and practice under the protection of the First Amendment, and thus the conflict is greatest for them when individuals are compelled to do business with others that they do not want to do business with (think of freedom of association). Corporations, of course, are fictitious persons, existing at the pleasure of the state in its granting of a franchise or charter. Even though most all come into existence in a pro forma fashion, the state does have the right to specify the conditions of its existence, and in the worst case scenario, extinguish its existence. As a creature of the state, I think there is greater legitimacy to claims of government control, and indeed when looking at early corporate franchises--especially those of railroad and other transportation companies--the public interest was strongly protected and the rights and powers of corporations were tightly circumscribed. Should one of the costs of doing business in corporate form be the surrendering of freedom of expression, and anyone who desires to retain such right do business as a partnership or unincorporated association? It is not merely Citizens United but also Hobby Lobby that says that corporations do have the right to express themselves.This is, I think, a bit off the point of this discussion, though, since the right to travel, and the interference with that right by motorists, is not really a corporate entity matter. |
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