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It even predates Citizens United, 1 U.S. Code § 1 (introduced by The Dictionary Act in 1871) defines Corporations as people. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode
by staller 3y ago
It even predates Citizens United, 1 U.S. Code § 1 (introduced by The Dictionary Act in 1871) defines Corporations as people.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/1/1 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/1/1
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> even predates Citizens United It goes back to 1886 [1]. Ditching corporate personhood just makes the law convoluted for no gain. (Oh, you forgot to say corporations in your murder or fraud statute? Oh no!) [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_personhood https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_personhood