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 amendment was designed to insure that the debate on public issues is uninhibited, robust and wide open. Those who believe absolutely in the First Amendment believe that racist ideas deserve as much protection as any other idea in a free democracy -- perhaps even more because of their odious content.