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To: MythMan who wrote (394645)	9/20/2009 8:00:24 PM
From: Terry Maloney	Respond to of 436258

Corporate persons are in the news this week, as you probably know. Sotomayor made an interesting observation ... But Justice Sotomayor suggested the majority might have it all wrong -- and that instead the court should reconsider the 19th century rulings that first afforded corporations the same rights flesh-and-blood people have. Judges "created corporations as persons, gave birth to corporations as persons," she said. "There could be an argument made that that was the court's error to start with...[imbuing] a creature of state law with human characteristics." digbysblog.blogspot.com And Colbert gave a 30 minute history lesson (can't link it from Canada, it misdirects, but just search comedy central for his Sept. 15 show), which basically comes down to how robber barons bought that SC over a century ago and have owned government ever since ... Hmm ... could tv nation still have a chance at growing a brain? <g>