Yeah I said corporations = citizensKEN-JENNINGS wrote:
If you were half the legal/constitutional scholar you pretend to be, you'd know the consequences of considering coporations as citizens is very far reaching. The creep on the 14th amendment has been taking place for at least 20 years- and the citizens united case goes to show the creep isn't ending any time soon, in fact is getting worse. That bullshit you said about IP is just the tip of the iceberg - there are far more troubling issues (one of which is mentioned by rdx- all the positives, minimal amount of negative). In other words, cybargs you have no idea what you are talking about.Cybargs wrote:
Legal person =/= personrdx-fx wrote:
In the US, corporations are legally considered persons.rdx-fx wrote:
In the US, the payment goes through when the bank feels like putting it through.
Anytime from same day to 5 days from now.
"We can't be infringin' on them thar corporate entities Cons-ta-too-shunal raights!..."
/sarcasm
"Corporations are People too!" - that has to be one of the top five most batshit insane legal precedents ever passed.
it just means companies can be sued (and not just their owners) and have the right sue others (especially in cases of intellectual property laws).
but that's another whole topic
Ok lets not consider them as a legal person. If a company does some bad shit, who you're going to sue? the employees? the owners? shareholders? Who's going to be financially responsible? A corporation is just a representation of people. That is why a lot of companies are limited liability for it's shareholders.
What about NGOs? Legally they are corporations. You think the ACLU should not be given the same first amendment rights as every other citizen?