'Corporations Are People' Is Built on a 19th-Century Lie - The Atlantic

'Corporations Are People' Is Built on a 19th-Century Lie - The Atlantic:



How exactly did corporations come to be understood as “people” bestowed with the most fundamental constitutional rights? The answer can be found in a bizarre—even farcical—series of lawsuits over 130 years ago involving a lawyer who lied to the Supreme Court, an ethically challenged justice, and one of the most powerful corporations of the day.



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