Actually, the First Amendment trumps the Commerce Clause. The constitutional rule is that Amendments trump the original Constitution and later Amendments trump earlier Amendments.
That's the problem with this decision -- by giving corporations First Amendment rights, it cripples Congress's ability to regulate them.
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Date: 2010-01-22 04:59 pm (UTC)That's the problem with this decision -- by giving corporations First Amendment rights, it cripples Congress's ability to regulate them.