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Corporate power is bigger than the 14th Amendment

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Carl Beijer
Sep 01, 2015
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The always excellent Mark Ames just posted a brief article pointing out an embarrassing complication for the right: the 14th Amendment they oppose because of its guarantee of birthright citizenship is the same 14th Amendment typically invoked in legal defenses of corporate personhood.

This is a pretty solid logical critique of right-wing jurisprudence. E…

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