Corporations are not people: why they have more rights than you do and what you can do about it
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The Supreme Court's Citizens United decision marked a culminating victory for the bizarre doctrine that corporations are people with free speech and other rights. Now, Americans cannot stop corporations from spending billions of dollars to dominate elections and keep our elected representatives on a tight leash. Jeffrey Clements reveals the far-reaching effects of this strange and destructive idea, which flies in the face of not only all common sense but most of American legal history as well. Most importantly, he offers solutions—including a constitutional amendment to reverse Citizens United—and tools to help readers join a grassroots drive to implement them. Ending corporate control of our Constitution and government is not about a triumph of one political ideology over another—it's about restoring the republican principles of American democracy.
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Clements, J. D. (2012). Corporations are not people: why they have more rights than you do and what you can do about it. San Francisco, CA, Berrett-Koehler.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Clements, Jeffrey D. 2012. Corporations Are Not People: Why They Have More Rights Than You Do and What You Can Do About It. San Francisco, CA, Berrett-Koehler.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Clements, Jeffrey D, Corporations Are Not People: Why They Have More Rights Than You Do and What You Can Do About It. San Francisco, CA, Berrett-Koehler, 2012.
MLA Citation (style guide)Clements, Jeffrey D. Corporations Are Not People: Why They Have More Rights Than You Do and What You Can Do About It. San Francisco, CA, Berrett-Koehler, 2012.
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| 300 | |a xviii, 218 p. ; |c 22 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction: what's at stake -- American democracy works, and corporations fight back -- Corporations are not people; and they make lousy parents -- If corporations are not people, what are they? -- Corporations don't vote; they don't have to -- Did corporate power destroy the working American economy? -- Corporations can't love -- Restoring democracy and republican government. | |
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