Constitutional Amendment Petition - Corporations are not people.

Which rights exactly are you wanting to take away from corporations?<p>The provision of making corporations people gives them the rights to not be subjected to searches without warrants, to not be spied on by the NSA, to not be punished for speech, to own private land. Are you really in favor of taking these away?<p>By the way, this would not only effect the big evil corporations that you despise but the mom-and-pop shops that you love and all non-profit organizations, PACs, charities, churches, etc.<p>Is their corruption in corporations? Yes. Does that mean we should take away their rights? No. Just as lots of people say really dumb things that we don&#x27;t like, we don&#x27;t take away everyone&#x27;s freedom of speech.<p>This would have much bigger consequences than most people realize.

The problem is...they <i>are</i> people because they are composed of people. The logic you use to defend the idea that groups of people shouldn&#x27;t be able to participate in the electoral process extends just as easily to unions, non-profit political organizations like MADD, and even political parties. The fact that they exist for making money is irrelevant, unless you would like to argue that making money is not a legitimate human interest.

Because people have freedom of speech, and freedom of assembly, but FSM forbid they speak <i>while</i> assembled!

Corporations should be economic engines only. People can and should be forced to organize independently of a corporation. That preserves the balance in a democracy. I would also add that liability protection for the officers should be recinded. These two changes would have a profoundly postive effect on society.<p>LJ Miehe

E-gads. Is this what HN has come to? Regurgitated political tripe of the week?<p>Flagged.<p>Kudos to the other commenters who are trying to un-fuck this. I just don&#x27;t have the time or patience for it.