Prompt Cast
Understanding Corporate Personhood and its Legal Implications
TLDR Corporate personhood is a legal concept that treats corporations as artificial persons under the law, granting them the same rights and protections as individuals. This has been protected by the Constitution, but has also faced controversy and backlash in cases such as Nike's sweatshop practices.
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Corporate personhood is a legal term used to describe when a court treats a corporation as a person for legal purposes.
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Corporate personhood is a legal custom where a corporation is considered an artificial person under the law.
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Corporate personhood was protected by the Constitution through the 14th Amendment, which applied equal rights protection under the law to every person, including artificial persons like corporations.
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In the Santa Clara versus Southern Pacific Union Pacific 1 and 2 case, the court reporter wrote a headnote stating that corporations are afforded equal protection under the law, even though the Chief Justice did not say this and actually wrote a personal note saying the court did not rule on that.
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Corporations have the same protection under the law as individuals, as established in a Supreme Court ruling that cited a court reporter's headnote from a previous case.
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Nike faced backlash and a lawsuit after an MIT student exposed their sweatshop practices, leading to a PR blitz and eventually a settlement of $1.5 million.
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Nike was forced to write a report on their mistreatment of workers overseas and improve their working conditions after facing backlash and a lawsuit.
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