Conflating wealth with speech is another recent SCOTUS boondoggle.
• Citizens United v. FEC
• Speechnow.org v. FEC
• McCutcheon v. FEC
Corporate personhood with rights afforded to actual citizens but separate from actual citizens laid the groundwork for a whole mosaic of wrongheaded schools of thought.
"Amoral, effectively immortal fictional entities can be created at will with the rights and privileges of ordinary citizens. What could go wrong?"
>Corporate personhood with rights afforded to actual citizens but separate from actual citizens laid the groundwork for a whole mosaic of wrongheaded schools of thought.
>"Amoral, effectively immortal fictional entities can be created at will with the rights and privileges of ordinary citizens. What could go wrong?"
You realize that the "immortal fictional entities" you speak of are just groups of "ordinary citizens", right? That's the logic behind the Citizens United ruling, ie. that ordinary citizens don't lose their free speech rights when they band together (either as a corporation or a labor union).
Not necessarily citizens - can't corporations be owned by foreign entities?
(I'm not sure that changes the overall argument, but it speaks to a common fear - influence coming from people who don't have the nation's best interests at heart)
• Citizens United v. FEC • Speechnow.org v. FEC • McCutcheon v. FEC
Corporate personhood with rights afforded to actual citizens but separate from actual citizens laid the groundwork for a whole mosaic of wrongheaded schools of thought.
"Amoral, effectively immortal fictional entities can be created at will with the rights and privileges of ordinary citizens. What could go wrong?"