By Thom Hartmann, Unequal Protection:
"In previous decades a chemical company took to the Supreme Court a case asserting its Fourth Amendment 'right to privacy' from the Environmental Protection Agency's snooping into its illegal chemical discharges. Other corporations have asserted Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination as well as asserted that the Fourteenth Amendment - passed after the Civil War to strip slavery from the Constitution - protects their right 'against discrimination' by a local community that doesn't want them building a toxic waste incinerator, commercial hog operation, or superstore. If this trend continues, it's probably just a matter of time before a corporation (maybe one of the many mercenary forces that emerged out of George W. Bush's Iraq War?) claims the Second Amendment right to bear arms anywhere, anytime, and your credit card company's bill collector shows up at your home with a sidearm. This legal situation is not only bizarre but also quite the opposite of the vision for this country held by the Founders of the nation and the Framers of the Constitution."
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