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ProgressOhio added this video and said

Have you ever wondered why corporations like Exxon Mobil have free speech "rights" under the Constitution when corporations can't "speak," and when the Constitution was written to protect "We the People" and never mentions "corporations"? Do you worry that maybe, just maybe, the Supreme Court is putting the interests of corporate America over the rights of hard-working Americans?

If so, then you probably want to learn more about a piece of legal fiction called "corporate personhood." And you should probably start with this terrific lecture from that preeminent legal scholar, Stephen Colbert

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(VIDEO) Stephen Colbert: Le... from feeds.feedblitz.com

Somebody's gotta stand up for the rights of corporations.

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I love this man. He thinks corporations should be treated like individuals. “Corporations do everything people do except breathe, die and go to jail for dumping 1.3 million pounds of PCBs in the Hudson River.” Check out this hilarious video:The Colbert ReportMon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cThe Word – Let Freedom Ka-Chingwww.colbertnation.comColbert Report [...]

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A couple of days ago Stephen Colbert did something most journalists refuse to do: Acknowledge that Washington D.C. is owned by big, Wall Street corporations. From Colbert Nation: The Word - Let Freedom Ka-Ching Corporations do everything people do except breathe, die and go to jail for dumping 1.3 million pounds of PCBs in the Hudson River. The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cThe Word - Let Freedom Ka-Chingwww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorHealth Care Protestsvar addthis_pub="thejoshuablog";

dodgeyaussie added this video and said

You may have heard that corporations are people, people have the right to free speech, money is speech, and therefore campaign finance restrictions are unconstitutional. That's basically why the totally-non-activist conservative majority on John Roberts' Supreme Court might decide to throw out 100 years of precedent and just let corporations pour unlimited amounts of money into election campaigns. Stephen Colbert breaks it down for you:

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surakmn added this video and said

Alas, SCOTUS is about to screw the pooch. Colbert gets it right. As usual.