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In the discussion thread: (California judge rules) Corporations aren't people in carpool lanes [View all]

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Mon Jan 7, 2013, 10:13 PM

closeupready (19,432 posts)

1. Please proceed with your appeal.

With any luck, the 'corporations are people' ruling will be explicitly overturned.

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57 replies	Author	Time	Post
(California judge rules) Corporations aren't people in carpool lanes [View all]	Newsjock	Jan 2013	OP
Please proceed with your appeal.	closeupready	Jan 2013	#1
Cool...	jberryhill	Jan 2013	#27
I'm wondering. Does this mean I can't sue...	jreal	Jan 2013	#29
Thank you. n/t	1StrongBlackMan	Jan 2013	#34
Sure you can....	jberryhill	Jan 2013	#50
I see.	jreal	Jan 2013	#55
Check this out:	freedom fighter jh	Jan 2013	#56
Child, you can sue anybody for anything.	closeupready	Jan 2013	#35
First off, I am neither a child nor your child	jberryhill	Jan 2013	#48
kids make up the darndest things.	TeamPooka	Jan 2013	#49
lol, yep, pretty much.	closeupready	Jan 2013	#53
stupid is as stupid does. the legal term "person" doesn't mean what lay people think it means.	unblock	Jan 2013	#2
I am glad he did	democrattotheend	Jan 2013	#8
It was his motive	dsc	Jan 2013	#13
I hope he takes it all the way to the US Supreme Court	Voice for Peace	Jan 2013	#20
Sometimes it takes the absurd to wake people up	Politicub	Jan 2013	#43
'"person" doesn't mean what lay people think it means'	NYC Liberal	Jan 2013	#15
Help me out here. What legal rights do corporate persons have in comparison to "natural" persons?	TalkingDog	Jan 2013	#22
well, for instance, they can sue and be sued in civil court; but they can't vote.	unblock	Jan 2013	#24
Well Mitt Romney said corporations are people too you know.	jreal	Jan 2013	#31
Also just wondering...	jreal	Jan 2013	#30
What would be an unnatural person?	intheflow	Jan 2013	#39
God no. That's Stupid. Just stupid.	jreal	Jan 2013	#54
and this is why lawyers are hated ( unless you need one)	leftyohiolib	Jan 2013	#41
So in other words the idea of "corporations are people" is contrary to "common sense?"	high density	Jan 2013	#3
^This.nt	silvershadow	Jan 2013	#11
Yes. Courts should explain it in clear language, or else	closeupready	Jan 2013	#44
Someone with more tax-knowledge than I have	TlalocW	Jan 2013	#4
This message was self-deleted by its author	Stonepounder	Jan 2013	#14
No, I think corporations is an ethnicity of some sorts. n/t	jreal	Jan 2013	#32
5 of the supreme court judges aren't people either	samsingh	Jan 2013	#5
So a corporation is a person, except when it isn't?	Baitball Blogger	Jan 2013	#6
Right? Why the vagueness and ambiguity of the term	closeupready	Jan 2013	#45
Hey, may be a stupid argument on his part but I	Marie Marie	Jan 2013	#7
Wasn't self-serving.	truebluegreen	Jan 2013	#25
An invisible hand and a shadow corporation no one can see. What an ego!	freshwest	Jan 2013	#9
Californa courts decided a long time ago that fetuses aren't persons for the purpose of carpooling.	Bette Noir	Jan 2013	#10
It's an interesting and creative idea	davidpdx	Jan 2013	#12
This guy's involved with children and mental health issues in the state	Tempest	Jan 2013	#16
I believe he's trying to make a point	Voice for Peace	Jan 2013	#21
And it is so sad you have to explain it.	pocoloco	Jan 2013	#28
Do you really believe it's an effective strategy?	Tempest	Jan 2013	#37
Of course, it's a simple and obvious step from that to	LanternWaste	Jan 2013	#38
My point is that a piece of paper isn't a person and a corporation isn't just a piece of paper.	Tempest	Jan 2013	#40
It's voodoo	jberryhill	Jan 2013	#51
He's not helping. n/t	Tempest	Jan 2013	#36
It does make the news a little more interesting. I know this guy's cause is dead but...	BlueJazz	Jan 2013	#17
Johnathan Frieman is exactly right. Take it to the the Supreme man. Corps. are NOT people!	xtraxritical	Jan 2013	#18
This reminds me	mimi85	Jan 2013	#19
"Self serving"? He's doing it for the people of the US at his own expense. You're comment is self	xtraxritical	Jan 2013	#42
How dare he take away the rights of our corporate citizens!	tclambert	Jan 2013	#23
He cited the California Motor Vehicle Code,	Heywood J	Jan 2013	#26
Maybe they'll say part of a person doesn't count...	jreal	Jan 2013	#33
I give him credit for going for it	Tab	Jan 2013	#46
This post was hidden by jury decision.	stevec7717	Jan 2013	#47
The Legal Issue is who is a person for Car pool lane Purposes?	happyslug	Jan 2013	#52
Maybe Stephen Colbert will help highlight his cause.	tanyev	Jan 2013	#57

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