As Citizens United Turns 1, U.S. Supreme Court Considers Corporate Personhood Again

[bobthedrummer]

(1-19-11 Marion Wang/ProPublica via onthehill)

http://onthehillblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/as-citizens-united-turns-1-us-supreme.html

Corporate personhood is FASCISM.

[eleny]

1. Yes, it surely is fascism

K&R

[bobthedrummer]

2. Movement for the People.org is having gatherings to protest Citizens United

check out where and when on Movement for the People's website.

http://www.movementforthepeople.org/

[bobthedrummer]

3. ^

[hootinholler]

4. Holy shit Bob

An excerpt would have helped getting this noticed:

The case before the court focuses on whether AT&T, a corporation, can stop government agencies from releasing information obtained for law enforcement purposes by claiming such disclosures would violate the company’s “personal privacy.”

The phrase is included as an exemption in the text of the Freedom of Information Act, a federal law that instructs government agencies on what information to make public. As the SCOTUS blog notes, however, there’s no specific definition of the words “personal privacy,” so it’s not clear whether a corporation can qualify as a person in this case.

The lower court, the Third Circuit in Philadelphia, sided with AT&T in an earlier ruling, stating that corporations are capable of being embarrassed, harassed and stigmatized by public disclosures. If the Supreme Court agrees, it could limit how much information federal agencies are able to release about the companies they've investigated.


Thanks for the link!

-Hoot

[Volaris]

5. corporations are capable of being embarrassed, harassed and stigmatized by public disclosures

Yeah. Thats cause they're like "Family Values" Republicans.
When you TRY to do everything in you life honestly, openly, and above-board, things like that won't matter much, cause you will have very little to be embarrassed about....

[KoKo]

6. OMG...Not only are our Private Parts invaded by TSA...but ATT wants to go Further!

Thanks for the alert.....depressing as it is..we need to know this.

:kick:

[Volaris]

8. well THAT is what I don't understand....

The Governments position is that, as a Citizen, if I have nothing to HIDE in my e-mail, then I should have nothing to FEAR by having my e-mail checked. I don't agree, but fair enough for your argument.
If a Corporation is a Person (like myself) then doesn't the Patriot Act apply to all Persons Equally?
If were are to be stupid enough to buy the idea of Corporate Person-hood, can we at lease be smart enough to have the rhetoric apply across the board? If they are Persons, then why Can't <I> make unlimited undisclosed campaign donations, same as them?
response--Well, because you can Vote.
Well, then isn't a FAIR solution to let the CEO of every registered U.S. Corporation mail in an absentee ballot on behalf of WidgetWorks, LLC, and then limit the amount of money they can give to a candidate?
Not saying thats a GOOD solution, but it would, at least, be MORE FAIR than the nonsense system we have now....

[KoKo]

7. ....+1

[bobthedrummer]

9. ^