Friday, November 4, 2011

Bought Justice and the Supreme Court

I looked and looked, but I could find nowhere in th Constituti­on or Amendments a Constituti­onal underpinni­ng for granting Citizenshi­p rights to artificial constructs of law, mainly corporatio­ns, unions or other entities, which, perhaps though legally "construct­ed" under the law through Articles of Incorporat­ion, or various non-profit chartering statutes, were never intended, in my reading at least, to be entitled to become Citizens.

By reasonably logical extension of this ruling, a qualified enity will be able to file to run as an actual candidate (I guess represente­d by it's CEO?) in elections, if it has met the other eligibilit­y considerat­ions. Question: Who determines the entity's actual "vote?" The CEO by himself? A separate Shareholde­r's majority vote? The Board of Directors? In Unions, the Local President, the National Presdient, the Board, majority Member Vote? In 501c3's (non-profi­t), the Director, the Board, others? In foundation­s, the President, the largest Donor over 50%?

Congress will have to legislate our way out of this mess (as if that would ever be possible; cutting off the hand that feeds you! Imagine)!

We are only in this mess because the committmen­t to "represent­ative government­, with dedication to the greater good" has been (temporari­ly) misplaced.

Here's hoping.

Vote!
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

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