Please see below for details. From a small, struggling cooperative with eight Members â all owners of their own grocery stores â Wakefern Food Corp., the merchandising and distribution arm for ShopRite, has grown into the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the United States and the largest employer in New Jersey.
The first amendment is so controversial because it speaks about many different things that are important to people. It gives people the freedom of speech, press, religion and assembly.
The fact that First Amendment jurisprudence is significantly colored by the identity of the speaker and the content of the speech is a case in point. The frequently political nature of Supreme Court votes is particularly important because of another phenomenon recently discussed by Liptak: partisan polarization.