Colbert takes on Corporate Personhood
Sep. 17th, 2009 11:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lightcastleA couple of days ago, Stephen Colbert devoted a couple of segments to the ever-pernicious concept of corporate personhood and the likely result of the Citizens United vs the FEC case which the Supreme Court is ruling on.
dday sums it up (with video link and transcript) here.
(Since hulu doesn't play in Canada, I provide this additional link.)
I even learned something, as I had not known that the court reporter who added the statement on 14th amendment protection applying to corporations, J.C. Bancroft Davis, actually had been the owner of a railroad.
Read dday's summary, since it covers most of the issues involved (including Colbert's long history of commenting on this in one form or another).
I keep thinking I should try and find out what the state of corporate personhood is here in Canada (and in other countries).
dday sums it up (with video link and transcript) here.
(Since hulu doesn't play in Canada, I provide this additional link.)
I even learned something, as I had not known that the court reporter who added the statement on 14th amendment protection applying to corporations, J.C. Bancroft Davis, actually had been the owner of a railroad.
Read dday's summary, since it covers most of the issues involved (including Colbert's long history of commenting on this in one form or another).
I keep thinking I should try and find out what the state of corporate personhood is here in Canada (and in other countries).
