I contend as a matter of reasoned
opinion rather than infallible fact that the Free Speech protection in the U.S.
Constitution applies to not only human beings, rather than to non-human legal “persons”
(e.g., corporations), but also to speech where the purpose is speech rather
than something else. I have written elsewhere on the mistake in treating corporations
as if they were human beings, so I treat only the second claim here. I
reference the first claim only as context for my broader claim that the U.S.
Supreme Court has tended to over-extend applications of the free-speech clause not only beyond its original intent, but also common sense. The latter violation is particularly astonishing.
The full essay is at "Free Speech and Public-Accommodations Law"