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Unequal Protection Examines Corporate Personhood
If you're like most people you were shocked recently when the Supreme Count struck down limits on corporate campaign donations. The rationale of the five justice majority was that corporations are essentially people with the same free speech rights as you or me.
Do you feel like there's no real difference between you and a multi-billion dollar global entity? How did an idea that seems so obviously ridiculous and unjust on the face of it become the law of the land?
This is precisely the question Thom Hartmann addresses in his book Unequal Protection. Hartmann, America's most popular progressive radio host, goes deeply into the astonishing historical roots of corporate personhood. Among other things, he reveals that this doctrine originated not in a Supreme Court decision but in an offhand remark by a justice that became the basis for truly sweeping changes. And he tells us what we can do to end this travesty.
