Citzens United
Fifteen years ago, Citizen's United became the law of the land and granted "Person hood" to corporations enabling them to participate in the electoral process of the United States. That decision has always bothered me. I have also been thinking about the illegal immigrant/undocumented worker issues that we as a nation face. I have read links to articles that have been posted by many of my facebook friends, and a common theme among the articles is that no one wants illegals/undocumented citizens voting in our elections. I get that, and I agree, the election process and all things that deal with it should be restricted to legal citizens of the United States of America.
With that said did the SCOTUS take the time to verify the country of origin of the corporations that they granted person hood to, what were their requirements to become American citizens? Did they check to see if they were American Corporations? Should any corporation that is not 100% American be granted the same status as a legal citizen of the United States of America?
I do not agree that corporations are people "my friend". I also think that their country of origin should be posted along with their certificates of birth granting them person hood and if they are not 100% American owned they have no rights to participate in the election process of the United States of America.