Corporations Are Not People: Why They Have More Rights Than You Do and What You Can Do About It (38 page)

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Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife,
105
-106

Kentucky Riverkeeper,
104

Kerr, Robert L.,
119
,
195
,
189
n4

Kerry, John,
150

Kessler, Gladys,
21
,
35
-36,
42
-43,
190
n14

Kilts, James,
119

Kingdom Holding Company of Saudi Arabia,
130

Koch Industries,
76

L

labeling laws,
31
-32,
33

Landmark Legal Foundation,
24

Last Mountain, The,
105

Lebow, Bennett,
31
,
35

libertarians,
114
,
124
,
151

Libya,
97

limited liability,
5
,
61
,
62
-63,
64
,
67
,
114

Lincoln, Abraham,
2
,
7

Lloyd, Elmer,
105
-106

lobbyists

biggest spenders,
81
t,
87
t

bribery and,
146
,
161
-162

multinational,
124
,
130
-131

People’s Rights Amendment and,
172

unions and,
86

see also specific corporation; industry

Lockheed Martin,
27
,
172

Lorillard Tobacco Co.
v.
Reilly,
59
,
193
n14,
196
n6

Los Angeles, school corporate naming rights in,
49

Lovett, Joe,
106

Ludwig von Mises Institute,
124

M

Madison, James,
14
,
70
,
76
,
128

Main Street Alliance,
192

Maine,
44
,
160

Marine Mammal Protection Act,
15

Marshall, John,
70

Marshall, Thurgood,
75

Maryland, B corporations in,
157

Massachusetts

cigarette advertising in,
33
-34,
36
-37,
38
-39

corporate campaign spending in,
25
,
58
,
118

taxation in,
118
,
205
n21

Massey Energy,
100
,
114
,
140
,
156
,
165
,
184
-188

McCain-Feingold Act (Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act),
8
-9,
10
,
140
,
174

McCain, John,
13

McConnell
v.
Federal Election Commission,
10
,
75

McDonald’s Corporation,
49

McManus, John,
94

Medicaid,
82
,
88
,
93
-94

Medicare,
82
,
88
,
92
-94,
120
,
162

mercury pollution,
202
n46

Merrill Lynch,
120

Michigan Chamber of Commerce
v.
Austin,
10
,
75

Microsoft,
138

Mid-America Legal Foundation,
24

Mid-Atlantic Legal Foundation,
24

Mississippi, tobacco regulations in,
36

MolsonCoors,
59

Monks, Robert,
113

Monsanto,
26
,
39
-45,
47
,
170
,
194
n24

Morgan Stanley,
138

Mother Jones,
125

mountain top removal (MTR),
203
n54,
203
n62

Move to Amend,
13
,
150
,
179

MoveOn/The Other
98
%-Fight Washington Corruption,
181

Moyers, Bill,
4
,
96

Mullen, Michael,
88

multinational corporations

BP as,
130
,
134

Citizens United
and,
130
-132

Delaware charter law and,
62
,
130
,
133
,
134
,
154
-155,
157

job outsourcing and,
3
,
116
,
123
,
131
,
139

lobbying by,
124
,
130
-131

patriotism and,
127
,
129
-132

shareholders in,
130
-131

U.S. Chamber of Commerce and,
130
,
151

Murray Hill, Inc.,
79
-80,
189

Murtha, J. Garvan,
44
-45

N

National Association of Broadcasters,
205
n28

National Chamber Litigation Center,
23
-24,
26
,
191
n17

National Education Policy Center,
49
-50

National League of Women Voters,
181

National Legal Center for the Public Interest,
24

New England Legal Foundation,
24

New Jersey, B corporations and,
157

New Rules Project,
180

New Voice of Business,
180

New York State,
25
,
31
-32,
58
-59,
103

New York State Liquor Authority,
32

New Zealand, rBST and,
40

Newman, Nell,
110

News Corporation,
76
,
130

Nickles, Don,
93

Nike,
83
,
137
-138,
139
-140

Nixon, Richard,
22
,
74
,
98

North Carolina, election funding in,
160

Northeastern Legal Foundation,
24

Northrop Grumman Corporation,
27
,
172

O

Obama, Barack,
13
,
90
,
94
,
99

O’Connor, Sandra Day,
10
,
17
,
75
,
141
,
196
n6

OPEC,
98
,
99

OSHA,
136

Ostrolenk, Michael,
151

outsourcing, job,
3
,
116
,
123
,
131
,
139

P

Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E),
83
,
103

Pacific Legal Foundation,
24

Pakistan,
97

Patagonia,
109

Patriot Coal,
100

Peabody Energy,
100

Pell Grants,
53

People for the American Way,
150
,
179

People’s Rights Amendment,
5
,
136
,
149
-154,
159
,
163
,
165
-168

Bill of Rights and,
146
,
148
-149,
152
,
170
-171,
176
,
182

corporate business operations and,
169
-170

frequently asked questions about,
169
-177

Pew Research,
29

Pfizer,
79
,
132

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA),
27
,
93
,
94

Philip Morris Inc.,
11
,
19
,
20
,
21
,
23
,
26
,
33

Philippines,
102

Pierce, Olga,
93

Pierson, Paul,
201
n29

political action committees (PACs),
85
,
179

Posilac,
40
-45

Potter, Wendell,
95
-96

Powell, Lewis

and activist courts,
17
-22

background of,
17
-18,
19
-22,
190
n12

Chamber of Commerce memo by,
17
-18,
21
,
22
,
23
,
191
n17

corporate personhood and,
34
,
58
-59,
73

corporate spending and,
103
,
118

deregulation and,
103
,
117

legacy of,
78
,
134
,
163

as Supreme Court justice,
22
,
24
-26,
190
n12

Pratt & Whitney,
90

Prince Waleed bin Talal,
130

Procter & Gamble,
118
-119

Program on Corporations, Law, and Democracy,
180

Public Citizen,
89
,
150
,
179
,
181

public funding, elections and,
5
,
147
,
160
-161

R

R. J. Reynolds,
193
n10

Randall, Dexter,
40
-41,
44
,
45

Raskin, Jamie,
145

rBST,
40
-45

Reagan, Ronald,
21
,
98

Reclaim Democracy,
179

Reed
v.
Reed,
46

referendum elections,
24
,
25
,
58
,
74
,
118

Rehnquist, William,
10
,
22
,
23
,
67
,
74
-75,
128
-129,
196
nn4-5

Reich, Robert,
94

replacement smokers,
21
,
34
-35

Republicans,
13
,
24
,
72
,
149

research polls,
13
,
29
-30,
199
n3

Resource Recovery Act,
15

Roberts, John,
10
,
75

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