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Corporations Are Not People, and I’m Tired of Pretending They Are
If they’re people, put them in prison
In 1868, the United States ratified the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
The 14th granted protections to American citizens, ensuring that the rights and privileges of Americans would not be infringed upon without due process of law.
This law was part of a series of amendments that were specifically written with the goal of ending slavery and ensuring that Black Americans would be treated as equal citizens in the eyes of the government and the judicial system.
The United States is still working on that part.
The text of the 14th is quite clear:
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. — 14th Amendment, section 1.
If it sounds familiar, it may be because this is the same amendment that bars someone from holding office as an elected official if they’ve committed treason or insurrection.
