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To: TimF who wrote (23898)11/1/2007 6:22:59 PM
From: Jim S  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71588
 
I've been trying to follow this long and convoluted discussion, mostly without success.

Corporations aren't treated as persons, they're treated as legal entities. If they were people, they could vote, or be arrested and jailed. They can't.



To: TimF who wrote (23898)11/1/2007 7:01:05 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Respond to of 71588
 
"I'm not sure why the rights would have to be part of the constitution, as long as they where in statue law,"

That, also, would be preferable to having had the legal privilege extended whole-cloth by reason of either 'judicial activism', (or else bribery and document doctoring....)


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