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The basic principle that corporations are entitled to some of the same legal rights and protections as individuals is pretty well established in law. It was further enshrined – most controversially – in the 2010 Supreme Court ruling in the Citizens United case, in which the justices essentially decided that since companies are really just groups of people that can be swayed by their members (i.e., their shareholders), they are just another form of “person” for the purposes of election spending.
The problem with all this crafty, corporations-as-people reasoning is that while it helps resolve basic disputes in civil law, it seems to break down when it’s needed most.
The basic principle that corporations are entitled to some of the same legal rights and protections as individuals is pretty well established in law. It was further enshrined – most controversially – in the 2010 Supreme Court ruling in the Citizens United case, in which the justices essentially decided that since companies are really just groups of people that can be swayed by their members (i.e., their shareholders), they are just another form of “person” for the purposes of election spending.
The problem with all this crafty, corporations-as-people reasoning is that while it helps resolve basic disputes in civil law, it seems to break down when it’s needed most.
- See more at: http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Columns/2014/05/22/Credit-Suisse-Feds-Get-Guilty-Plea-Not-Justice#sthash.RStUzFwT.dpuf