Truth in Business and Free Speech

Re “Free Speech for Firms Too,” editorial, July 3: Just get real. Tell me that Nike didn’t lie about its labor practices to sell more shoes. All these extensions of constitutional protections to corporations weaken protections for people. Better the corporations just publish “the blandest of platitudes” than protected-and-paid-for lies.

Norma Arbisser

Los Angeles

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Corporations are not “persons” under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution and therefore are not guaranteed equal protection under the law like you and me. I strongly suggest you take a read through Thom Hartmann’s new book, “Unequal Protection: The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Theft of Human Rights.”

Jack W. Miller

Oak Run, Calif.