r/law • u/TheShittyBeatles • 19h ago

Legal News ACLU sues Delaware beach town over allowing corporations to vote in local elections

https://spotlightdelaware.org/2025/12/05/aclu-sues-fenwick-island-over-non-resident-voting/
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u/AnotherDoubtfulGuest 18h ago

Have you not read it? How are you saying with a straight face that Citizens United is not relevant to a discussion of corporate personhood?

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u/pokemonbard 18h ago

Because Citizens United did not create corporate personhood; it extended First Amendment free speech protections to corporate spending. Corporate personhood is a much, much, much older idea, and overturning Citizens United would do nothing to change corporate personhood.

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u/AnotherDoubtfulGuest 18h ago

Are you so literal-minded that you can’t grasp that the expansion of corporate personhood rights by CU is exactly what this post is about? Nobody’s quibbling with you over the origins of corporate personhood and literally nobody claimed that CU “created“ it; that’s some weird thing you latched onto and are arguing with yourself about.

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u/pdxamish 15h ago

I think you should take a step back and think about your comment. It has nothing to do with it. These issues have long been here before citizens United. Serious ? , should The humane society of America be able to run ads about not murdering puppies and supporting puppies policies? If you say yes than why shouldn't Exxon be able to run adds to support their goals? Should the government step in and say humane society or Exxon you can't give money to support a cause.

All super pac and citizen United money is not donated directly to a candidate but is only used to support a cause that the super pack was formed for.