Extract

No More Corporate Personhood

In 1886 the Supreme Court case Santa Clara Vs. Reading Rail Road mistakenly interpreted the entity “corporation” as having legal “human rights” from a signing note by a clerk of the courts. The note set judicial precedence for future legislation at the behest of “We the People.” Corporations used the 14th Amendment which was intended to give rights to freed slaves, but the corporation usurped the intended purpose and became “legal fictions” with “human” rights.

By Mark Lysgaard

The biggest problem we the people face
Are the given rights of artificial beings.
These rights are just like the rights we have
But we’re real with eyes worth seeing.

These artificial creatures exist
As legal fictions on many legal lists.
Like Frankensteins on Frankensteroids
They’re immobile and can’t be missed.

They were legally conceived in a court case
By a clerk who was up to no good.
They appeared as a note on top of a case
Making legal “corporate personhood.”

Since 1886 these creatures have been legal
Like Supermen with privileges and rights.
With the vast resources to keep them legal
We the people have no kryptonite.

The legal fictions cannot walk.
They cannot breathe or drink water.
They’re sociopaths for the bottom line.
They’ll pollute for profits and slaughter.

Destroying these creatures will not happen,
But rolling back their power is a must.
Vertical integration and cross pollination
Should end with Sherman’s Anti-trust.