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Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by hot_gril on Monday July 01, 2024 @01:46PM (#40848255)
What else is a corporation then?
Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by gaganyaan on Monday July 01, 2024 @01:51PM (#40848303)
Legal fiction. It was convenient to treat them as persons for legal reasons, but it's now clear that we need to clarify that with an amendment.
Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by hot_gril on Monday July 01, 2024 @05:26PM (#40850890)
As far as I can tell, a corporation is already not treated as a literal person, only it has some of the same rights. Simplest example, a corporation can't run for a public office. What do you suggest should be changed, no 1A for a corporation?
Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by gaganyaan on Monday July 01, 2024 @06:52PM (#40851699)
Yes, corporations are not people, and do not get rights, period. They're legal fictions that get privileges that we the people grant them.

If you want to represent yourself commercially as a person, your rights as a person can be extended to that legal fiction.

If you want legal fiction that you can dump when it's convenient and isn't tied to you as a person, then that legal fiction gets no rights and only certain privileges.

Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by anvil-on-my-toe on Monday July 01, 2024 @01:53PM (#40848319)
A legal fiction.
Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by zeroonetwothree on Monday July 01, 2024 @01:39PM (#40848184)
Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by gaganyaan on Monday July 01, 2024 @01:49PM (#40848283)
> In 1906, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. that headnotes have no legal standing and therefore do not set precedent.