Re:U.S. Supreme Court Puts Limits on Police Power to Seize P...
by dragonwriter on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @05:25PM
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> All people are persons, but not all persons are people
People is a plural of person (persons is also a plural of persons); all persons are people just as all people are persons, the two terms are in this use synonyms (people also has a singular use.)
Not all people or persons are part of “the people” as that is used in some Constitutional provisions, but 14th Amendment due process rests on the definition of “person”, not “the people”, and in any case the Supreme Court has found that the distinguishing feature of “the people” is attachment to the national community, not natural (as opposed to artificial/juridical) personhood, so U.S. corporations are, Constitutionally, all of “persons”, “people”, and included within “the people”.
People is a plural of person (persons is also a plural of persons); all persons are people just as all people are persons, the two terms are in this use synonyms (people also has a singular use.)
Not all people or persons are part of “the people” as that is used in some Constitutional provisions, but 14th Amendment due process rests on the definition of “person”, not “the people”, and in any case the Supreme Court has found that the distinguishing feature of “the people” is attachment to the national community, not natural (as opposed to artificial/juridical) personhood, so U.S. corporations are, Constitutionally, all of “persons”, “people”, and included within “the people”.