http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/10/07/972301/gingrich-concedes-romney-misled-about-his-tax-plan-during-debates/ Do you think the waves of Republicans against Romney ensure that President Obama gets reelected. I think we can only hope that President Obama is reelected for the future and safety of our Republic. If Mitt Romney is elected I think I am going to soil my pants and move to Canada... Mitt Romney is for corporate personhood. TheCommoner
What's the big deal about Corporate Personhood. According to Wikipedia:
"Corporate personhood is the legal concept that a corporation may sue and be sued in court in the same way as natural persons or unincorporated associations of persons. This doctrine in turn forms the basis for legal recognition that corporations, as groups of people, may hold and exercise certain rights under the common law and the U.S. Constitution. The doctrine does not hold that corporations are "people" in the most common usage of the word, nor does it grant to corporations all of the rights of citizens.
Since at least Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward 17 U.S. 518 (1819), the U.S. Supreme Court has recognized corporations as having the same rights as natural persons to contract and to enforce contracts."
There's nothing radical about corporate personhood, it is a commonly accepted aspect of common law. Corporations comprise and represent the interests of people (i.e. their shareholders, maybe to some extent their employees) and thus are essentially a group of persons.
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