RationalPoet........Ok folks here is the complete text of the First Amendment. Now, I just had a typical Ayn Rand atheist argue that the First Amendment was NOT an anti monopoly/anti trust law. I have argued a long time that it IS. Without the tool of challenge to power you allow for a monopoly to arise.
FIRST AMENDMENT "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances" ...........
It is because of the last part that is why it is an anti monopoly/anti trust law.. It is not a given that the majority or minority will win, but merely a tool allowing ANYONE to challenge laws they may see as hurting their rights on anyone of those issues. That is what makes it an anti monopoly law.
FIRST AMENDMENT "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances" ...........
It is because of the last part that is why it is an anti monopoly/anti trust law.. It is not a given that the majority or minority will win, but merely a tool allowing ANYONE to challenge laws they may see as hurting their rights on anyone of those issues. That is what makes it an anti monopoly law.
