What Sotomayor Could Mean for Network Neutrality and the First Amendment
SavetheInternet.com, July 13, 2009
By Marvin Ammori
Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) said he wants to question Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor about her opinion of Net Neutrality. The question might surprise you, but some judges think that the First Amendment belongs to private companies -- to media, phone and cable companies specifically -- not to you and me. The First Amendment is a constitutional limit. That means that judges, not Congress, have the final say in applying it.
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