The back story on this --the PACs, the Lobbyists, Ike's 'Military-Industrial Complex', and most other nefarious group involvements with our government and especially Congress, is the illegal and non-legal and non-binding statement added to a case, where the Court Reporter noted in the First Sentence of the Syllabus:
He adapted that from the following, which was not in the Decision made by the Court, but in instructions given to the parties prior to the Oral Argument and Legal Presentations before the bench:
Reference: SANTA CLARA COUNTY V. SOUTHERN PACIFIC R. CO., 118 U. S. 394 (1886) - United States Supreme Court
I'm fairly certain that all cases before any Court have detailed commentary providing for limitation of the arguments to be presented, to ensure that the specific details are presented in a comprehensive, cogent, manner, and to prevent moving too far afield in the legal precepts necessary for the case at hand.
Lesser Courts and the USSC itself have used that illegal statement to run roughshod over the restrictions in the Constitution, thereby allowing the debacles we find ourselves in today.
Neither the USSC nor Congress has any intention of revising this illegal record, making this government illegal.
I share your belief that we need a revolution, and we will not have one (not enough of us care enough to 'get involved', even in something much less demanding).
So many of my conservative friends are of the mind that, once a sufficient number of people's oxes are gored, we will all rise up in defense of our liberties. But the ignorance and apathy run so deep that I believe the average American would prefer to relinquish liberties rather than lose his television reception.
Thank you for the little-known, yet extraordinarily important, information. I have it saved for future reference.
~ joanie
A corporation is considered a “person” by the legal system? Wow, who knew?