Delaware is home to more corporations than people. Human people, that is, as under longstanding state law and the US Supreme Court’s infamous 2010 ruling, corporations are people, too.
A judge in Delaware—a state with more registered business entities than people—ruled Monday in favor of a small town that allows corporations to vote in local elections.
Delaware Superior Court Judge Craig Karsnitz ruled that the town of Fenwick Island, population 400, did not violate the state Constitution by permitting business entities—which make up 12% of the town’s “population”—to vote in municipal elections, as case plaintiff the ACLU of Delaware had claimed.
“What is a ‘person?’ When one cuts to the heart of this case, that is the question,” Karsnitz wrote to open his 20-page ruling.
SCOTUS has sided with businesses regarding personhood since the 14th amendment was passed. Citizens United wasn’t an isolated incident.
Yeah Leeja Miller went over this on her channel. Apparently one of the writers of the 14th lied and told the courts that they always was thinking of businesses when they wrote the amendment. Of course he was the only survivoring member at the time so no one could dispute him. All goes back to that court case. Its fucked always has been.