The First Amendment Protects Speech of Corporations

The Supreme Court heard arguments in what some say could be one of the most important free speech cases in years. Nike argued that its statements about its labor practices were not commercial speech subject to fraud laws, but rather speech on issues of public importance. The Casky versus Nike case and ExxonMobil's brief in it are another link in the chain between mobile's work on corporate personhood in the 70s and what oil companies are arguing about climate change today.