It would take an amendment to the Constitution for this..

[samrock]

To revoke person hood for corperations...
LOL GL getting a measure to this the 2/3rds needed thru the house and senate ... let alone passed by 2/3rd of the states...

[scheming daemons]

1. No... it really wouldn't....

...since nothing in the constitution granted corporations personhood in the first place.

[DireStrike]

2. It would just take a supreme court ruling.

Good luck getting it.

[JDPriestly]

3. We might get a strong dissent from Sotomayor and Ginsburg in the case now before

the Court. Then we might get some decisions that start to erode the rights of corporations. That is how change occurs with regard to law decided by the courts. We could also amend the Constitution, but since this is a matter of how the Court interprets the Constitution, the Court could gradually reduce the rights of corporations. It will not happen overnight.

[DireStrike]

5. Good to know that a strong dissent actually has meaning

Wouldn't there be far-reaching consequences right away if the concept of corporate personhood were revoked? It might not be a good idea.

Or would things still stand as they are, until everything that's been affected by the original decision was challenged in court, with the new basis of corporations not being people?

[JDPriestly]

7. They might just limit the rights of corporations a tiny bit at a time.

That is the very most I would expect, and I would not expect it for some time. I'm not an expert in this area.

[Ruby the Liberal]

4. That was a SCOTUS ruling that based the decision on a clerk's notes

that weren't even in the record.

I would LOVE to see it challenged.

[endarkenment]

6. Really? Where does the constitution grant person status to corporations?

Please point out that section.

All it takes is one supreme court decision.