Is A Corporation A Person

[MarcATL]

If so why? If not, why not?

 

[MarcATL]

I say no based on the simple dictionary definition...

1
a : a group of merchants or traders united in a trade guild
b : the municipal authorities of a town or city

2
: a body formed and authorized by law to act as a single person although constituted by one or more persons and legally endowed with various rights and duties including the capacity of succession

3
: an association of employers and employees in a basic industry or of members of a profession organized as an organ of political representation in a corporative state

4
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Source: Corporation - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

 

[Katzndogz]

A corporation is a legal person. If a corporation was not a legal person there would be no more deep pockets to sue. There would be mo more environmental laws for corporations to break and no such thing as corporate taxes. We would return to the LLC which is what we had before the days of corporate liability.

 

[DiamondDave]

can you sue a can of soup??

 

[MarcATL]

If so why? If not, why not?

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Interesting.

 

[MarcATL]

A corporation is a legal person. If a corporation was not a legal person there would be no more deep pockets to sue. There would be mo more environmental laws for corporations to break and no such thing as corporate taxes. We would return to the LLC which is what we had before the days of corporate liability.

It's an entity...not a person.

Snap out of your radical RW funk.

 

[Skull Pilot]

If so why? If not, why not?

Is a union or a political party a person?

 

[MarcATL]

can you sue a can of soup??

Can you jail a corporation?

Can a corporation die?

 

[MarcATL]

If so why? If not, why not?

Is a union or a political party a person?

No.

That was easy.

 

[g5000]

If so why? If not, why not?

Can you show us in Citizens United where the US Supreme Court said corporations are people?

It should also be noted that decision also applies to the electioneering communications of labor unions, not just corporations. So the media-created term to explain Citizens United as "corporations are people" is inaccurate on several levels.

 

[there4eyeM]

Answered in another thread. There is a legal English in which the plural of person is persons and refers to people and business entities. Humans have rights and businesses have rights and both are protected under the law. There are important differences, however. For instance, legals persons cannot vote.

The confusion seems to be that 'certain people' took person to mean equal to a human. Mr. Rmoney seems to have fallen victim to this fallacy and propagated much confusion.

 

[there4eyeM]

If so why? If not, why not?

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Interesting.

That poster can more or less be counted on for ridiculous things like that. Here's some back.

 

[g5000]

If the First Amendment has any force, it prohibits Congress from fining or jailing citizens, or associations of citizens, for simply engaging in political speech.

Citizens United vs Federal Election Commission.

 

[DiamondDave]

can you sue a can of soup??

Can you jail a corporation?

Can a corporation die?

And no you, idiot, go to physical manifestation



You have the corp recognized LEGALLY as a person for accountability.. for many reason, including what I tried to show you above.. YOU CANNOT SUE AN INANIMATE OBJECT

 

[g5000]

Citizens United does not affect the amount of money a person or association (corporation, union, etc) can donate directly to a candidate. Direct campaign cash limitations were not affected.

Citizens United was a decision which stated if a person, or an association of persons, wanted to spend their own money making political speech, they could not be banned from doing so.

The First Amendment is a beautiful thing.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

My Lord Marc is stupid.. hasn't this been asked and answered like, 100 times?

<facepalm>

 

[g5000]

Political speech is "indispensable to decisionmaking in a democracy, and this is no less true because the speech comes from a corporation rather than an individual."

Citizens United vs. FEC.

Get over it.

 

[dblack]

If so why? If not, why not?

Corporations are owned and operated by people. The legal construct of "corporate personhood" has nothing to do with what most people get bent out of shape about when it comes to corporate malfeasance. Arguably, corporate personhood makes corporations more accountable because it allows them to be sued.

The real problem, in my view, is limited liability which shields the owners of the corporation from being sued. It protects the people who directly profit from a corporations misdeeds.

 

[Mr. Peepers]

It's getting to where you can't sue corporations either... like how Monsanto was trying to slip that nifty little nugget giving them immunity into the farm bill. If we don't take our government back from corporate ownership soon, this will be the norm. It's disgusting.

Monsanto Gets Its Way in Ag Bill | The Progressive

"Essentially, the riders would prevent the federal courts from restricting, in any way, the planting of a GE crop, regardless of environmental, health or economic concerns. USDA's mandated review process would be, like court-ordered restrictions, meaningless. A request to USDA to allow planting of a GE crop awaiting approval would have to be granted."

 

[depotoo]

If so why? If not, why not?

Is a union or a political party a person?

you beat me to it!