When I chided them for it in light of their long opposition to Citizens United, they responded with a blizzard of legal distinctions that, however interesting and important, were disconnected from the political realities that resulted in the broad law that Citizens United struck down, and unresponsive to my question.īuried in that blizzard, however, was the answer to my question, almost as an aside: “ Citizens United ,” they now declare, “was rightly decided on its facts.”įloyd Abrams then replied, saying he was startled to discover that they now said they believed that “ Citizens United was rightly decided on its facts” because for 12 years, or ever since Citizens United was decided, they had vigorously and consistently criticized that decision as having been wrongly decided. So far, they seem to be hiding.īut two liberal law professors who had spent 12 years vigorously opposing the Citizens United decision - my longtime colleagues Burt Neuborne and Erwin Chemerinsky - leaped into the fray supporting the First Amendment right of the Disney corporation to express its views on that legislation and opposed the state’s attempt to retaliate. I am unaware of any conservatives who applauded the Citizens United decision responding to my question. In other words, might the content of this dispute lead to a reconsideration of some folks’ legal positions?
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Would liberals who had vigorously criticized the Citizens United decision supporting the First Amendment right of incorporated organizations to express political opinions, and conservatives who had vigorously applauded that decision, amend their position now that the state of Florida had moved to punish the Disney corporation for expressing its opposition to a Florida law limiting discussion of gay issues in public schools? We opposed extending the holding to profit-seeking corporations.
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Glasser returns with yet another volley in this exchange.įinally, Professor Neuborne has asked that the following be placed into the record: “Norman Dorsen and I filed an amicus brief in Citizens United arguing that nonprofit corporations should enjoy full First Amendment rights. Floyd Abrams offered his views on the above matters.A rejoinder by Burt Neuborne and Erwin Chemerinsky.Ira Glasser, “ On Corporate Speech, the First Amendment, and Disney’s Criticism of Florida’s Anti-Gay Law Along With a Reply to Neuborne and Chemerinsky ,” which ended with some remarks in response to a recent op-ed by Burt Neuborne and Erwin Chemerinsky (“ No, Ron DeSantis’ Battle With Disney Isn’t Just Political Grandstanding ”).That commentary triggered the following responses:
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What follows is an outgrowth of a commentary authored by Robert Corn-Revere (“ Punishing Disney for Opposing Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law poses Serious First Amendment Problems ”). Ira Glasser returns once more: Unexpected good news from two ‘liberal law professors’? - FAN 338.3 "We now have two accomplished liberal law professors saying that Citizens United was rightly decided."