There was a protest against Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in Lansing today… I get it. People want to put this behind them and get back to business-as-usual. They want to go back to work. They want a return of some kind of normalcy. And, apparently, they think that’ll happen if Governor Whitmer just lifts her […]
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Trump supporters protest against public health in Lansing
Posted in Free Speech, Health, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 1918 flu, anti-science, Betsy DeVos, Confederate flag, coronavirus, Corporate Crime, COVID-19, DeVos, Donald Trump, double-peaked curve, flatten the curve, Gretchen Whitmer, guns, hair dye, Howard Markel, Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, Lansing, MAGA, Michigan Conservative Coalition, Michigan Freedom Fund, Monica, Monica Echeverri Casarez, motor boat, Ohio, pandemic, protest, public health, shelter in place, social distancing, zombies 261 Comments
Move to Amend chapter to open in Ypsi/Arbor, challenge concept of corporate personhood
Some local folks are starting an Ypsi/Arbor chapter of a national organization dedicated to the elimination of so-called “corporate personhood.” Their names are Reagan M. Sova and Joel Skene, and I thought that I’d take the opportunity to ask them some questions. Following is our brief, but dense conversation. MARK: So, I hear that you’re […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Economics, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 14th amendment, abuse of power, Adam Smith, are corporations people, Article V, Brown v. Board of Education, Buckley v. Valeo, Citizens United, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Constitutional amendments, constitutionalists, corporate fascism, corporate personhood, corporate takeover of politics, corporations, corporations are not people, Fire Rick Snyder, First Amendment, fourteenth amendment, Fourth Amendment, Free Speech, Frenchie's, Glenn Greenwald, graduated income tax, grassroots organizations, Inherently Unequal: The Betrayal of Equal Rights by the Supreme Court 1865-1903, J.C. Bancroft Davis, Jean Baudrillard, Joel Skene, Julian Assange, Laurence Goldstone, legal precedent, masters of mankind, Michele Bachmann, money as free speech, Move to Amend, Nancy Reagan, National Lawyers Guild, New York Railway, Noam Chomsky, organic institutions, Reagan M. Sova, Reagan Sova, recall, reconstruction, Rick Snyder, Ronald Reagan, Santa Clara Blues: Corporate Personhood and Democracy, Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad, Sheila Tate, slavery, Supreme Court, the rule of law, threats to Democracy, William Meyer 26 Comments
Are corporations people? And is it their birthright to buy elections?
Continuing our conversation from a few days ago on corporate personhood, I thought that I’d pass along this new video from Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig’s organization Fix Congress First. The piece is entitled, “Are corporations people?” And, speaking of the stranglehold that corporations have on the American electorate, did you happen to see that […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Economics, Free Speech, Politics Also tagged Add new tag, are corporations people, Bank of America, Citigroup, corporate personhood, Fair Elections Now Act, Fix Congress First, get the money out of Washington, Lawrence Lessig, lemon socialism, Obama, Paul Krugman, public funding of elections, Wall Street bailouts, Wall Street bonuses, Wall Street deregulation 10 Comments