Lessons of the Exxon Valdez

The power of ExxonMobil to battle tens of thousands of citizens has pushed Ott to join a growing number of activists who want to put corporations back in their place by stripping them of their legal status as “persons.” A 19th century U.S. Supreme Court decision gave corporations the same status as people, with access to the protections of the Bill of Rights. Ironically, this comes from the 14th Amendment’s “equal protection clause,” adopted to ... Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
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by Dwight Rousu - Mar. 25, 2009

The Exxon stonewalling and pushing the compensation back years and severely constricting it in the corporatist supreme court is identified as a visible case that argues for stripping corporations of legal personhood.

There is no time like the present.

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