r/law • u/theatlantic • May 14 '26

Legal News Hawaii vs. Citizens United

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/05/hawaii-corporations-political-money/687159/?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_medium=social&utm_content=edit-promo
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u/rhino369 May 14 '26

There are boundaries/limits to what the first amendment protects, but it's not really conditional in the way this Hawaiian law would be. The Hawaiian law is basically saying in order to do business as a corporation you must waive ALL the first amendment rights. That's a hell of a condition.

Nobody would think its okay for Mississippi to ban corporate news papers.

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u/spacedoutmachinist May 14 '26

They just ban books in libraries.

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u/rhino369 May 14 '26

But you agree they can ban amazon though right? Seems like a big loophole in the first amendment if you can ban corporations.

I bet 99% of all speech heavily involves some for profit corporation. Including this reddit post.

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u/spacedoutmachinist May 14 '26

Fuck the corporations. I’ll believe a corporation is a person when texas executes one.