Did SCOTUS just give Foreigners De Facto Constitutional Rights?
Question, I am not a legal scholar so if someone could please pass this along, to someone who may know.
Does the Supreme Court ruling allowing Corporations unlimited say in our elections, by giving them De Facto First Amendment Rights. Does this ruling give Foreign Owned Entities that own US Corporations, a Back Door way of gaining Constitutional Rights, by giving them First Amendment Rights?
Chinese, Russian, and Venezuelan companies could theoretically startup shell, US Corporations, and game our political elections, by flooding money in to television and radio ads for their very own Manchurian Candidate! The Supreme Court, in effect may have just given De Facto Constitutional Rights to Foreigners and theoretically, Terrorists, and our enemies.
In the Business Law Book "The Legal Environment Of Business", 7th Edition", Frank Cross & Roger Miller (pg 441-442).
It defines corporations as:
A coporation is a legal entity created and recognized by state law. It can consist of one or more natural persons (as opposed to the artificial legal person of the corporation)identified under a common name. The Corporation substitutes itself for its shareholders in conducting corporate business and in incurring liability, yet its authority to act and the liability for its actions are separate and apart for the individuals who own it.
So unless the ruling expressly states that no foreign controlled, US Corporations can participate, then this thing has challenge written all over it, at a minimum a constitutional amendment.
All a Foreign owned entity would theoretically need is a natural borne person to incorporate in a State like Delaware who has very liberal rules of incorporation and start their election advocacy business.
Giving Corporations a voice in politics, or anything for that matter makes absolutely no sense. The obvious double standard here is that Repubs are saying they support the ruling that Corporations which are non-living entities, and may be owned or led by Foreigners, a back-door way of gaming the political process.
Democrats need to take the lead with getting this information to the media and members of congress. This needs to be looked at ASAP...
Stop the Foreigners from taking over our elections!
Call or write your Federal and State Representatives tell them to look into whether the Supreme Court Ruling gives Corporations who may be owned by foreign entities or may be foreign led, First Amendment Rights?
We don't want Foreign Corporations and Foreign Money taking over our election process...Tell them this could be the "Mother of All Unintended Consequences" and we need to make sure that Foreigners, Terrorists, and our Enemies, will not have a back door way to American Constitutional Rights!
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