Suppose a state passed a statute prohibiting corporations from buying ads to support or oppose any referendum unless the ballot measure relates directly to the corporation's business. This law most likely would be
a. constitutional, because corporations don't have a First Amendment right to influence ballot measures.
b. constitutional, under the "shareholder rule" of Buckley v. Valeo.
c. unconstitutional, unless limited to nonprofit ideological corporations.
d. unconstitutional, under the precedent of First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti.
d
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group decision-making. Indicate whether the statement is true or false
In 2007, the Supreme Court held that corporations, labor unions and other entities have a First Amendment right to spend unrestricted money on issue ads that mention candidates by name even late in an election campaign. The case:
a) Mangini v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; b) FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life; c) First National Bank v. Bellotti; d) Bigelow v. Virginia; e) McConnell v. FEC.
One way in which advertising alters our beliefs about needs is that:
a. it has shifted our belief in needs from public goods to private goods b. it has shifted our belief in needs from private goods to public goods c. it has shifted our belief in needs from individual goods to collective goods d. none of the above
If there is no ______________ between participants in an interaction, it’s inaccurate to claim that communication has even taken place.
a. agreement b. interpretation c. understanding d. transaction