Corporations Are Not People: Why They Have More Rights Than You Do and What You Can Do About It (36 page)

BOOK: Corporations Are Not People: Why They Have More Rights Than You Do and What You Can Do About It
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48
-52

labeling and,
31
-32,
33

school curriculums and,
51
-52

youth-targeting in,
21
,
33
-37,
48
-52,
193
n10

AES Thames,
104

Afghanistan,
88
,
97

AFL-CIO,
84

agribusiness, subsidies for,
89

AIG (American International Group),
79
,
90
,
120

Alaska, petroleum corporations in,
100
,
135
,
136

Alcoa,
132

Alito, Samuel,
10
,
75

Alliance for Democracy,
181

Alpha Natural Resources,
100
,
114
,
140
,
184
-185

Alston & Bird,
93

Altadis U.S.A.
v.
Reilly,
193
n14

American Coal Foundation,
51

American Constitution Society,
181

American Crossroads,
122

American Independent Business Alliance,
150
,
178
,
180

American Petroleum Institute (API),
51
,
103

American Sustainable Business Council,
150
,
178
,
180
,
204
n2

Anderson, Jack,
191
n17

Anheuser Busch,
129
-130

Appalachian Voices,
104
,
156
,
165
,
184
-185

Apple [computer],
83
,
131
,
171

Arch Coal,
100

Arizona, election funding in,
160
-161

Article V U.S. Constitution,
66
,
151
,
152
,
167
-168

Ashford University,
53
-54

asset concealment, UBS and,
206
n44

AT&T,
27

Australia, rBST and,
40

B

B (benefit) corporations,
77
,
157
,
179

Backbone Campaign,
150

Bad Frog Brewery, Inc.,
31
-32,
33
,
47

Baldwin, Chuck,
151

Bank of America,
90
,
119
,
120
,
132

Baucus, Max,
94
,
150

Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream,
109
-110

Bill of Rights

corporate personhood and,
23
,
34
,
47
,
129
,
148

People’s Rights Amendment and,
146
,
148
-149,
152
,
170
,
171
,
176
,
177

purpose of,
65
,
152

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

Black, Hugo,
72
-73

Blue Cross and Blue Sheild of Massachusetts,
82

Boeing,
27
,
132
,
172

Bossie, David,
83

BP

criminal conduct of,
132
-137,
140

Deepwater Horizon oil rig,
52
,
62
,
100
,
134
-135

Delaware incorporation of,
62
-63,
155

limited liability and,
62
-63

as multinational corporation,
130
,
134

school curriculums and,
51
-52

branding,
35
-36,
49

“breathing space”,
137
,
138

Breaux, John,
93
,
94

Brennan Center for Justice,
181

Bridgepoint Education, Inc.,
53
-54

Bristol Myers-Squibb,
93

Brown
v.
Board of Education,
46

Buffett, Warren,
125

Bureau of Labor Statistics,
116

Bush, George H. W.,
21
,
98
-99

Bush, George W.,
21
,
92
,
98
,
99

Business Alliance for Local Living Economies,
180

Business for Democracy,
150
,
189
,
190
,
204
n2

C

California, corporate influence in,
51
,
68
,
136
,
137
-138

Calvert Social Investment Fund,
110

Camel cigarettes,
36
,
37
,
39
,
48
-49,
193
n10

Campaign Legal Center,
181

Canada,
40
,
92

capital gains taxes,
121
-122

Capital Legal Center,
24

Cardozo, Benjamin,
37

Carter, Jimmy,
98

Cato Institute,
89

Center for Corporate Policy,
179

Center for Media and Democracy,
176
-191

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services,
82

Center for Responsive Politics (CRP),
119
-120,
181

Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation
v.
Public Service Commission of New York,
25
,
58
-59,
103
,
191
n17,
193
n14, 296n5

CEOs, salaries of,
55
-56,
82
,
91
,
111
,
115
,
119
-122

CERES,
180

Channel One Corporation,
49

Chevron,
51

China,
11
,
102
,
131

Chouinard, Yvon,
109

CIGNA,
95

Citigroup,
90
,
120
,
122
-123,
124
,
125
,
20
n31

Citizens United
v.
Federal Election Commission

business leaders opposed to,
109
-111

criminal conduct and,
132
-143

multinational influence and,
130
-132

reversing,
145
-163,
199
n3

roots of,
14
-17,
18

Supreme Court and,
8
-13,
57
-58

union spending and,
83
-87

Clark, Andrew,
54

Clean Air Act,
15

Clean Election Law,
160
-161

Cleaning the Swamp: Campaign Finance, and Lobbying Reform,
180

Clean Water Act,
15
,
65
,
106
,
107
,
108
,
188

Clements Law Office, LLC,
61
,
217
-218

Cleveland, Grover,
71

Clinton, Bill,
21
,
91
,
99
,
123

Clinton, Hillary,
9

coal industry

ecological destruction by,
100
-101,
103
-107,
112
-114,
186
-188

legal action against,
184
-185

lobbying efforts by,
100
-101,
102
-103,
107
-108,
111

Coca-Cola Company,
50
,
52

cognitive feudalism,
119

Cohen, Ben,
109

Colorado,
59
-60

Committee on Political Education (COPE),
86

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC),
125

Common Cause,
179
,
181

Community and Environmental Legal Defense Fund,
180

Compaq,
119

Concord Light & Power,
104

Congressional Budget Office (CBO),
88
,
89

conservatives, corporatists compared,
18
,
22
-23,
74
-75,
151

Consolidated Edison Corporation,
58
,
103
,
196
n4

Constitution Accountability Center,
181

Constitution Party,
151
,
181

constitutional amendment campaign,
5
,
13
,
147
-148,
150
,
153
,
178

Conyers, John,
190
n12

Coors Brewing Company,
59
-60,
196
n7,
196
n8

corporate accountability

charter reform and,
5
,
63
,
134
,
146
,
154
-155,
158

disregard for,
37
,
77
,
134
-135,
138

perpetual life and,
61
,
64
,
67

resources for,
190
-191

Corporate Ethics International,
180

corporate naming rights,
49

corporate rights foundations,
23
-26

corporation, definition of,
57
-58,
60
-64,
196
n9

corporatists, conservatives compared,
18
,
22
-23,
74
-75,
151

Council for Corporate-School Partnerships,
52

Covington & Burling,
42
-44,
138

Credit Suisse,
119
,
132
,
140

crime, corporate

asset concealment and,
125
,
140
,
206
n44

BP and,
132
-137,
140

charter revocation and,
77
,
156
,
162

consequenes of,
132
-133,
140
-143

Delaware incorporation law and,
133
,
137
,
146
,
156

lobbying bribes,
5
,
146
,
161
-162

People’s Rights Amendment and,
170

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