Understood. My point wasn't that a self-owned corporation would have liability, I was arguing that corporate personhood isn't a good example of legal trickery,

Understood. My point wasn't that a self-owned corporation would have liability, I was arguing that corporate personhood isn't a good example of legal trickery, since not only is that opinion pretty exclusive to non-law people, but it's totally been that way for the entire lives of every sitting judge.