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0 pointsbenmanns12y ago0 comments

The Constitution and its amendments are designed to protect citizens from the government, not from private corporations. There may be other laws preventing this sort of credit reporting, but the Constitution does not.

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jbail12y ago· 1 in thread

I don't think that's totally correct.

"...in Pembina Consolidated Silver Mining Co. v. Pennsylvania - 125 U.S. 181 (1888), the Court clearly affirmed the doctrine, holding, "Under the designation of 'person' there is no doubt that a private corporation is included [in the Fourteenth Amendment]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_personhood

tedunangst12y ago

huh? All that says is that corporations enjoy the same protections from government that people do. It doesn't say anything about protecting people from corporations.

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