Robert MaguireJan 24, 2023
Fun Fact: The whole idea of corporate personhood is built on a lie that the drafters of the 14th amendment intentionally changed "citizens" to "persons" in order to include corporations. In reality, corporations were never considered in the amendment's drafting or ratification.
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RT @SenatorTester
Today, I’m introducing my Corporations Are Not People Amendment—a constitutional amendment to overturn the disastrous Citizens United de…
https://twitter.com/SenatorTester/status/1617594184080437248
Senator Jon Tester on Twitter

“Today, I’m introducing my Corporations Are Not People Amendment—a constitutional amendment to overturn the disastrous Citizens United decision.”

Twitter
Show threadRobert MaguireJan 24, 2023
It's wild to think that there's well over a century of US jurisprudence—including Citizens United—that relies on a lie a guy told the Supreme Court in the 1860s https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/03/corporations-people-adam-winkler/554852/
‘Corporations Are People’ Is Built on a 19th-Century Lie

How a farcical series of events in the 1880s produced an enduring and controversial legal precedent

The Atlantic
Show threadStatistically HumanJan 25, 2023
@RobertMaguire is there any good movement around ending corporate personhood? I know there’s a amendment proposed in the house, but I don’t see a lot of energy or activism around it. It kinda shocks me - it seems like one of the biggest drivers of our current dysfunction. I don’t even know how to # tag it. #CompaniesArentPeople?
Show threadJohn McLaren

@StatisticallyHuman @RobertMaguire One thing is that Jon Tester is introducing a bill in the Senate.

https://twitter.com/SenatorTester/status/1617594184080437248?s=20&t=c0YwLqYGdM6dnFLVNd8M1g

Senator Jon Tester on Twitter

“Today, I’m introducing my Corporations Are Not People Amendment—a constitutional amendment to overturn the disastrous Citizens United decision.”

Twitter
Jan 25, 2023 at 4:05amWeb