Corporation Rights *

Air, water, food and shelter are necessities for people to continue Life, as is medical treatment at times.  The existence of a corporation requires none of these.  Corporations are an intangible creation or entity that exists only in the imaginary world of legal fiction.  Any life it experiences is only a result of the people who operate under its charter.  It has no feelings, no motives, no rights bestowed upon it by God.  Yet, corporations qualify as “persons”, within the meaning of the law, possessing certain privileges which apply to “persons”, generally.  People, themselves, are men and women, Corporeal or sentient living and breathing beings, who are transformed into “persons” due to their legal membership or status in society.  You may be confused by this statement due to your traditional understanding of certain terms, but the point is, corporations do not qualify for the same respect that people do.

Government, being the “creator” of legal fictions, maintains control over all such entities.  Corporations belong to that under which it is created.  A similar argument can be made about people, that is men and women, who owe their loyalty to their Creator, God.  Government is a creation of the people, and therefore its loyalty should be to the people.  The proper hierarchy of authority is God, then the people, then government, and lastly, corporations.  When people “submit” to government authority, they in essence have lowered they position to that of a servant instead the master.  The American system of government is somewhat different, because even though we delegate certain powers to government, we retain the power to withdraw those powers at any time we deem it necessary.  Our consent to government, in actuality, is a consent to respect the Rights and Liberties of other people as we exercise those of our own.

Private corporations, on the other hand, have no such loyalty.  Its purposes are primarily for the benefit of its shareholders, usually in the form of dividends on capital investment, that is profit and gains.  Since corporations exist at the pleasure of the state, who in turn has a duty to the people, all corporations must operate in a manner that satisfies the interests of the people, and government has the duty to regulate them to ensure they do not bring harm to the people.  Corporations operate solely by contract or private agreement.  If they violate that agreement, then they have violated their charter and exceeded its powers and authorities, possibly to the detriment of the people.

Government is a form of “corporation”, particularly that of a municipal, or public, nature.  It operates on behalf of its citizens, having limited powers and authorities as defined in its charter, the Constitution.  No corporation, whether private or municipal, can legally operate outside the limited powers and authorities delegated to it.  Of course, the corporation does not do this, itself.  Rather, it is the people exercising the powers of the corporation who violate its charter when then make decisions and take actions beyond its established purposes and intent.

Section 8 of Article I of the U.S. Constitution (the charter for the U.S. government) grants power to the federal government to promote the general welfare of the United States.  In this usage, “United States” refers to the several states of the Union comprising our federalist Republic.  This means that the federal government has a duty to see to it that the Union is secure and peacefully operating as intended.

Federal law recognizes corporations to have certain rights.  Actually, corporate rights are really “privileges” granted by society.  Corporations do not have any fundamental, inalienable rights, as people do.  However, corporations can sue or be sued, and they have all the rights as other persons when a party to a contract.  It is important to recognize that all private corporations are regulated under commercial law.  Governments are regulated under public law, except when they are party to a private agreement, in which case they are considered equal to a private corporation operating for private purposes.  This is a situation requiring diligent attention in restoring constitutional government throughout America.

Whereas the United States government was established as a mere municipal corporation, having no people or powers as a free and independent nation unto itself, its duty was to serve at the pleasure and for the benefit of the states, having no interests of its own.  Its duty was to operated primarily as an advisory board or trustee to fulfill the powers delegated to it in representing the interests of the state between themselves and with respect to the nations of the world.  The “Progressive” movement has resulting in the United States assumption of a new character all of its own, a nation in its own capacity, among the sovereign nations of the world, a capacity never intended or supported in the U.S. Constitution.