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by pdonis 4912 days ago
I sympathize with the intent of this; I agree that the doctrine of corporate personhood, in its current form, has done far more harm than good. (I don't favor abolishing it, but rather modifying it along the lines given downthread, by factoring out the aspects of personhood that corporations should share and only giving corporations those aspects.)

But I seriously doubt that this method of getting the issue before a court will work. There are way too many legasl dodges that can be taken before it gets to that point. To really get it to SCOTUS, one would need to have a case where far more substantial harm is done and where the doctrine of corporate personhood plays a key role in the harm. I don't see that here; it's too obviously a ploy and too easy to label as frivolous.