The 14A? This is false and preposterous. It was written by radical Republicans to ensure enforcement of Reconstruction civil rights statutes. There is no serious debate about the issue. the S.Ct. later gave corporations the status of persons under the 14A, but that was not its original intent. --jks
> Both Beard and Hacker said that it was written by railroad attornies with the
> intention of giving corporations the rights of individuals.
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> Tom Lehman wrote:
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> > Hasn't the 14th Amendment been used 95% of the time to protect corporate rights
> > and 5% of the time to protect the rights of Black people? .