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Clinton on Citizens United v. FEC?
Published on January 24, 2010 07:01 AM
Category: Independent Speech, Jurisprudence & Litigation
An excerpt from a speech by Secretary of State Clinton on January 21, the day the U.S. Supreme Court struck down certain restrictions on political speech by corporations, unions and advocacy groups:
And censorship should not be in any way accepted by any company from anywhere. And in America, American companies need to make a principled stand. This needs to be part of our national brand. I'm confident that consumers worldwide will reward companies that follow those principles.
We are also supporting the development of new tools that enable citizens to exercise their rights of free expression by circumventing politically motivated censorship.
Countries that censor news and information must recognize that from an economic standpoint, there is no distinction between censoring political speech and commercial speech.
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