The status of the corporation as a person, in law, has been considered going back to Chief Justice John Marshall in 1819.
Equal protection laws always applied to corporations in the past. There are questions which arise from time to time and which occurred more recently during the nomination and approval of Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor.
In a hearing prior to her approval, Justice Sotomayor made a remark about corporations not being people. However the Supreme Court has always held that corporations held broad First Amendment rights, the same as individuals.
Warning: Should her stance become the view of future Supreme Court rulings, the entire basic commercial structure of this country could be overturned.
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