posted on January 7, 2004 06:52:02 PM new
I was just listening to an interesting radio interview.
The Interviewee basically pointed out that it seems that only the headnotes of the ruling, written by the court reporter (with close family ties to railroad companies at the time) and not the actual ruling have been incorrectly referred to by others since, in granting bill of rights freedoms etc.; eg. ‘freedom of speech’ via political contributions.
14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, ratified in 1868,
Section 1
http://www.nancho.net/corperson/14amend.html
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
‘It’ that has the most money, has the loudest voice.
‘you the people’ are in your place.
Power to the dollar!
God bless the overprivileged.
I can’t give you any more info, but I thought you the people, might have been interested to know that the 14th does not include corporations, and yet in political campaigning they have more ‘freedoms’ than you.
Talk like a patriot but walk like an infiltrator.
I suspect that when the real issue gets to your highest courts, lawyers will eat better than ever in human history.
I look forward to seeing it hit the courts.
Those on the right may not show concern, because corporations are more likely to back the political right.
Science Applications International Corporation has a contract with the Pentagon to run the Iraqi Media Network's Al Iraqiya radio and television station. But Iraqis aren't tuning in.
http://www.corpwatch.org/issues/PID.jsp?articleid=9508
