Comments on: Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument In Washington Free Speech Case http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/11/supreme-court-hears-oral-argument-in-washington-free-speech-case/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:04:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: T F Stern http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/11/supreme-court-hears-oral-argument-in-washington-free-speech-case/#comment-5908 T F Stern Thu, 11 Jan 2007 13:32:05 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/11/supreme-court-hears-oral-argument-in-washington-free-speech-case/#comment-5908 "The state court said the restriction was an impermissible burden on the union’s constitutional rights." I thought that unions were granted powers, not rights, similar to corporations when they are chartered or given such autonomy through legislative fiat in contrast with rights which are inherent, as provided under the constitution. Powers and rights are not the same, rights are God given while powers are assigned by men and therefore expanded or retracted through government authority. “The state court said the restriction was an impermissible burden on the union’s constitutional rights.”

I thought that unions were granted powers, not rights, similar to corporations when they are chartered or given such autonomy through legislative fiat in contrast with rights which are inherent, as provided under the constitution. Powers and rights are not the same, rights are God given while powers are assigned by men and therefore expanded or retracted through government authority.

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