By Gene Ogorodov
[This is a critique of a SCOTUS case, Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC, that I wrote a few months back. It first appeared in the Portland Occupier January 28, 2012.]
The Supreme Court made a ruling on the second landmark First Amendment case in three years—Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC.
On 11 January 2012, the Court’s unanimous decision on this case has
further secured the rights of corporations hitherto enjoyed only by
individual American citizens.
The ruling comes on the heels of the of the controversial judgement in the 21 January 2010 case Citizens United v. FEC,
which undermined one hundred years of the legal distinctions between
the rights of individuals and the rights of corporations in influencing
elections.
