For many years, there has been an ongoing debate around corporate political speech. Many argue that corporations, due to their wealth and power, should have their political speech limited. Many disagree. For this forum you need to:

(1) Explain why/how corporate political speech should be limited.

(2) Explain why/how corporate political speech should be unlimited.

MUSTexamine the following parts of our state and federal constitutions:

U.S. Constitution - First Amendment: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."

Section 5 of the Washington State Constitution provides: "Every person may freely speak, and publish on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right."

Article 12 of the Washington State Constitution provides: "No law shall be passed granting to any citizen, class of citizens, or corporation . . . privileges or immunities which upon the same terms shall not equally belong to all citizens, or corporations."

May also find the following link of interest. Here, you will find a very nice summary of the arguments for and against corporate personhood. You may want to keep these in mind as you are considering this week's discussion on corporate speech.

Corporate Personhood: https://www.upcounsel.com/corporate-personhood

May also be interested in perusing the following links that provide information on the money spent by corporations in the political arena:

https://www.businessinsider.com/fortune-500-companies-republican-democrat-political-donations-2018-2

https://howmuch.net/articles/the-30-biggest-political-donors-on-the-fortune-500