Criminal,
Corporate,
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Jul. 15, 2019
Corporate probation resulting from a criminal conviction: an enigma
Mitt Romney once remarked that “corporations are people, my friend.” He was partly right. Corporations are like people, only different. Although artificial entities, corporations have constitutional rights, just fewer rights than individuals.
Mitt Romney once remarked that "corporations are people, my friend." He was partly right. Corporations are like people, only different. Although artificial entities, corporations have constitutional rights, just fewer rights than individuals. In the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010), the U.S. Supreme Court held that corporations have First Amendment rights to engage in "political speech" (overturning McCain...
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