QUOTE(MZMcBride @ Sun 20th March 2011, 2:26am)
That's one (or more than one) of a number of separate questions. Are corporations people? Of course not. That's absurd. Does the law treat corporations similarly to people? Sure. That's the whole point. A corporation can sue and be sued. A corporation can own assets. A corporation can enter into contracts. A corporation pays taxes. Does the law sometimes define a corporation as a "person"? Indeed. Is that a good idea? I don't know. It's convenient, but it's sometimes confusing. Doing the equivalent of a global search and replace in the law replacing "person" with "legal entity" might be less confusing than defining "person" as "a natural person or other legal entity".
Do corporations have rights? Well, that's subject to some heated debate, though I'd still say of course not. Not until one becomes sentient, anyway. Do people have rights which they can exercise via corporations? Well, that's subject to some heated debate, though I'd say of course they do. Just as a website doesn't have the right to free speech, but a group of individuals have the right to free speech using their website, a corporation doesn't have the right to free speech, but a group of individuals have the right to free speech using their corporation.
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Are corporations people?
thekohser Are corporations people? 
