NP - Philadelphia Daily News Editortial

[Paul Mackin]

On 6/26/2012 11:57 AM, Matthew Cissell wrote:
> I'm behind that. Right on, Dave.

Me too, but the Citizen's United ruling didn't really depend on 
corporation personhood. It was a First Amendment based decision, 
regardless of how misguided.  Corporationhood is a fourteenth amendment 
equal protection under the law thing.


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> otis
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> *From:* David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
> *To:* P-list <pynchon-l at waste.org>
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> *Subject:* NP - Philadelphia Daily News Editortial
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> http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20120626_Supreme_Court_makes_two_good_decisions__and_one_bad_one_.html
>
> The court declined to reconsider its decision in Citizens United v.
> Federal Election Commission, which granted corporations personhood,
> with First Amendment rights. We're stealing from a site called "Create
> Real Democracy" to sum up our disdain for this decision. Here's an
> excerpt:
>
> "We'll believe a corporation is a person when:
>
> Arizona deports one.
>
> Texas executes one.
>
> Massachusetts marries two of them.
>
> The U.S. government issues one a Social Security number.
>
> The CIA extradites one to Guantanamo.
>
> One sacrifices its life in military service."
>
>


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