On today's Your Call, we’ll talk about the debate over corporations’ rights to free speech and freedom of religion. Several companies have objected to the Affordable Care Act mandate to provide employees with coverage for contraception and abortion services. The Supreme Court will hear their case this month. So what First Amendment rights do corporations have? How have they expanded? And is there a progressive case for corporations – which include labor unions and non-profits – having First Amendment protections? Join the conversation on the next Your Call with Holly Kernan and You.
Guests:
Tejinder Singh, an attorney with Goldstein & Russell and a contributor to SCOTUS blog
Jesse Choper, the Earl Warren Professor of Public Law at UC Berkeley
Dahlia Lithwick, a senior editor for Slate where she covers the Supreme Court
Resources:
CNN: Supreme Court to take up Obamacare contraception case
Wall Street Journal: Manufacturers’ Group Files Suit Over Labor Poster
America Blog: If Hobby Lobby is a person of faith, then why has it never taken communion or been baptized?
Legal Insurrection: Hobby Lobby also argues its case in social media
Constitutional Accountability Center
Constitutional Accountability Center: The Next Big Test of Corporate Personhood
Constitutional Accountability Center: The Corporate Executive Who Snuck Corporate Personhood into Supreme Court History
