Corporations Actually Act As Individuals

                

The corporation acting as a legal person has been considered valid, as far back as Chief Justice John Marshall’s decision in 1819.

                   

Equal protection laws always applied to corporations in the past. And occurred fairly recently during the nomination and approval of Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor.

                   

In a hearing prior to her approval, Justice Sotomayor remarked that corporations were not people. However the Supreme Court has always held that corporations also had similar broad First Amendment rights. (See the Earl J. Weinreb NewsHole® comments and @BusinessNewshole at Twitter.)