Corporate Personhood (Corporation as a "person")

The concept of "corporate personhood" and the effects it has on laws in the United States.

This video goes through the history of this idea, from:
The Fourteenth Amendment (1868)
Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad (1886)
Gulf, etc. v. Ellis (1897)
The Tillman Act of 1907
The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971
Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce (1990)
Buckley v. Valeo (1976)
McCain-Feingold Act of 2002
McConnell v. FEC (2003)
Citizens United v. FEC (2010)

Also covers:
Corporate Spending
Unions
Wagner Act of 1935
James Buckley
Chief Justice Morrison Waite
PACs (Political Action Committees)
General Treasuries
John McCain
Barack Obama
Antonin Scalia
Mitch McConnell

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[Zag118]

you know your stuff two thumbs up

[barleyLEGALdotCA]

Courageous realisim.

[allgoo19]

Very informative!!

[barleyLEGALdotCA]

@fringeelements Anton's qualifying statements about Obama, on there own. That's what I got a TubeOn for. I don't know how many people vote for candidates based on there history of/likely hood of, judge selections.)

I've been attacked for criticizing Obama by other non-americans, if you can believe that. Non of these attacks ever address the contents of the argument.

[fringeelements]

@barleyLEGALdotCA realistic sure, but not particularly brave. Attacking corporations gains support from both the left and right.

[benaberry]

cooperations are pyramid schemes!!

[silversoul7]

Since the Tudor dynasty, the idea of "artificial personhood" has existed for taxation purposes. So the statement that "a corporation is a person" is not entirely new or even incorrect, but the way that argument is wielded confuses the once clear distinction between "natural persons" and "artificial persons." Corporations were able to seize upon the fact that the 14th Amendment only specified that its protections extended to "persons," not "natural persons."

[AnitaMarieStewart]

Very well done! Thanks for this video and it has been circulated!

[humper9]

People of Romney's ilk depend on the masses not knowing the information you are imparting. The media & educational systems are aiding in his battle...