Comments on: Unitarian Universalist General Assembly info http://www.democracyforvancouver.org/2007/06/22/unitarian-universalist-general-assembly-info/ Federal, Washington State and Clark County Politics Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:51:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: g. kortes http://www.democracyforvancouver.org/2007/06/22/unitarian-universalist-general-assembly-info/#comment-31519 g. kortes Sun, 24 Jun 2007 02:01:42 +0000 http://www.democracyforvancouver.org/2007/06/22/unitarian-universalist-general-assembly-info/#comment-31519 Hartman said THAT Supreme Court justice was questioned and replied they did NOT give corporate personhood. But a clerk wrote that he did! Hartman said THAT Supreme Court justice was questioned and replied they did NOT give corporate personhood. But a clerk wrote that he did!

]]> By: Aneurin http://www.democracyforvancouver.org/2007/06/22/unitarian-universalist-general-assembly-info/#comment-31497 Aneurin Sat, 23 Jun 2007 20:48:31 +0000 http://www.democracyforvancouver.org/2007/06/22/unitarian-universalist-general-assembly-info/#comment-31497 The history of Corporate Personhood is covered in detail in Ted Nace's outstanding book <a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9781576753194-0" rel="nofollow">Gangs of America</a>. If I remember correctly, there was a specific Supreme Court justice who used some pretty crazy legal justification to apply the 14th Amendment to corporations. Also, one railroad magnate had single-handedly succeeded in getting state legislatures to give corporations a much freer hand leading up to the Supreme Court's decision. The history of Corporate Personhood is covered in detail in Ted Nace’s outstanding book Gangs of America.

If I remember correctly, there was a specific Supreme Court justice who used some pretty crazy legal justification to apply the 14th Amendment to corporations. Also, one railroad magnate had single-handedly succeeded in getting state legislatures to give corporations a much freer hand leading up to the Supreme Court’s decision.

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