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That's just not true. Corporations have been recognized as legal persons in the US for well over a century prior to Citizens United, in both judicial precedent
by MFLoon 8y ago
That's just not true. Corporations have been recognized as legal persons in the US for well over a century prior to Citizens United, in both judicial precedent and federal statutes.
I agree with what I assume you believe - that this ought not be the case, and corporations should be more restricted in their rights than natural persons. But simply claiming it to be so is willful ignorance.
- slavik81 8y agoThe legal fiction of corporate personhood does not grant them all the rights of a natural person. For example, in SCC Acquisitions, Inc. v. Superior Court, the California Court of Appeal ruled that corporations did not have a constitutional right to privacy, despite the California constitution extending privacy rights to all people. https://www.natlawreview.com/article/court-holds-corporations-have-no-constitutional-privacy-right https://www.natlawreview.com/article/court-holds-corporation...
- BurningFrog 8y agoCorporations are "legal persons" in the sense that the same rules apply to them as to people in some areas where that makes sense. This is mostly a practical matter, so instead of writing a duplicate set of laws for corporations and people, the legislators have said that "for these laws, just apply laws to corporations as you would to people". ...or that's how I've had it explained to me.