Corporations Are Not People: Why They Have More Rights Than You Do and What You Can Do About It (37 page)

tobacco conspiracy campaign,
19
-22

crony capitalism,
109
,
110
-114,
117
,
122
-125,
146

Crossroads GPS,
122

D

debt, national,
11
,
33
,
88
-91

Deepwater Horizon oil rig,
52
,
62
,
100
,
134
-135,
137

deficit, national,
88
-91,
97
,
99

Delaware incorporation law

BP and,
62
-63,
134
,
137
,
155

charter revocation and,
133
,
137
,
156

criminal conduct and,
133
,
137
,
146
,
156

federal standards and,
77
,
146
,
155
,
207
n15

global corporations and,
62
,
130
,
133
,
134
,
154
-155,
157

limited liability and,
62
-63

Massey Energy and,
185
-188

perpetual existence in,
63
-64,
66
-67

U.S. Constitution and,
64
-67

Democrats,
13
,
21
,
72
,
85
,
149

Demos,
192

Denmark,
102

derivatives,
112
,
124
,
125

Deutsche Bank,
132

Diamond, Jared,
97
,
189
n1

Digital Equipment Corporation,
25
,
118
,
119

Domini, Amy,
110

Donohue, Tom,
81

Dow Chemical,
62

Downs, Raissa,
94

Dred Scott
v.
Sandford,
13

E

Earth Day,
14
-17,
28
,
106

Easton, Michelle,
94

Edwards, Donna,
13
,
150

Effectively Embedded: Schools and the Machinery of Modern Marketing,
49
-50

Egypt,
97
,
110

Eisenhower, Dwight,
162

Ekelund, Robert,
124
-125

embedded marketing,
48
-52

Emily’s List,
205
n28

Endangered Species Act,
15

energy corporations

climate change and,
28
,
51
,
83
,
99
,
101
,
153
,
187

corporate lobbbying and,
100
,
102
-103

tax environmental incentives,
29
,
99

see also
BP; coal industry; Environmental Protection Agency

Enron,
125
-126

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

actions by,
202
n46

corporate fight against,
101
-102,
107
,
108

creation of,
15

mountaintop removal and,
107
,
108
,
205

regulatory powers of,
28
,
101
-102,
113

Epstein, Paul R.,
203
n54

Equal Justice Society,
181

Equal Rights Amendment,
148

Equilon refinery,
136

European Union, rBST and,
40

externalization, corporate,
63
,
77
,
101
,
112
-113

ExxonMobil,
27
,
100
,
130
,
132
,
138

F

F-35 fighter jet,
90

faction,
128
,
129

Fair Elections Now Act,
160
-161

Federal Communications Commission (FCC),
21

Federal Trade Commission (FTC),
50
-51

Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments,
15
,
135

Ferguson, Charles,
205
n31

Fifth Amendment,
178

Financial Modernization Act,
123
-124

firewalls,
123

First Amendment (Free Speech)

cigarette corporations and,
21
,
34
,
37

Citizens United
and,
2
,
9
-10,
12

corporate disclosure and,
44
-45,
59

corporate speakers and,
59
,
138

People’s Rights Amendment and,
167
,
174
-175,
177

speech restrictions and,
138
,
161
,
193
n14

First National Bank of Boston
v.
Bellotti,
25
,
26
,
58
,
74
,
118

Fleet,
119

Florida,
49
,
140

Food and Drug Administration (FDA),
40
,
41
,
65

for-profit colleges,
52
-53

Ford, Gerald,
12
,
98

Fortune 500,
62
,
129

foundations, corporate rights and,
23
-26

Fourteenth Amendment,
68
-69,
72
-73,
178

Fourth Amendment,
174

Fox News,
130

Franciscan University,
53
,
54

Frank, Robert,
205
n20

Franklin, Benjamin,
127

free market economy,
80
,
111
-112,
153

Free Speech for People,
13
,
150
,
153
-154,
156
,
165
,
178
,
179
,
181
,
184
-185,
199
n3,
207
n4

G

Gallup,
29
,
193
n26

General Electric (GE),
27
,
63
,
64
,
90
,
120
,
130
-131,
132

General Motors,
90
,
129
,
132
-133

Germany,
11
,
102

Gillette,
25
,
118
-119

Glass-Steagall,
123
-124

GlaxoSmithKline,
138

Goldman Sachs,
62
,
90
,
120
,
123

Government Accountability Office (GAO),
55

Gramm, Phil,
124
-126,
162

Gramm, Wendy,
125

Great Depression,
88
,
123

Great Plains Legal Foundation,
24

Green Change,
137
,
191

Greenfield, Jerry,
109

Greenfield, Kent,
133
,
155
-156,
157
,
195
,
197
n11,
197
nn14-15,
204
n10

Greenspan, Alan,
123

Greenwood, Daniel,
208
n15

Grocers’ Association,
42

gross domestic product (GDP),
88
,
91

H

Haber, Stephen,
109
,
110
,
117

Hacker, Jacob S.,
201
n29

Haliburton,
90

Haney, Bill,
105

Harshbarger, Scott,
36
-37

Hart Research Associates,
199
n3

Hayden, Charles,
106
-107

Hayward, Tony,
137

health care

costs of,
85
-86,
91

industry lobbying and,
27
,
82
,
92
-94,
172

industry tax subsidies and,
94
,
201
n28

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

reform of,
91
-96

union membership and,
85
-86

heavy hitters,
119
-120,
160
-161

hedge fund managers, tax loopholes and,
120
-122,
125

Helmsley, Leona,
120

Hensal, Eric,
80

Heritage Foundation,
196
n7

Higher Learning Commission,
54

Hill, Murray,
79
-80,
178

Hirschberg, Gary,
110

Hoover Institution,
110

Hugo, Victor,
57

Hussein, Saddam,
140

I

I Love Mountains,
104

income, disparities in,
118
,
119
,
204
n10,
205
n20

incorporation, charter reform and,
159

incorporation standards, state,
158

India, job outsourcing to,
116
,
123

Indonesia,
110

intermingled elite,
122
-125

Iran,
97

Iraq,
88
,
97

Israel,
97

J

Jackson, Andrew,
15
,
127

Jefferson, Thomas,
14
-15,
48
,
70
,
127
,
141
,
142
,
163

Joe Camel,
37
,
39
,
48
-49,
193
n10

JPMorgan Chase,
120

K

Kennedy, Anthony,
10
-11,
76

Kennedy, Robert, Jr.,
104
,
105

Kentucky,
74
,
103
-106,
205
,
198
n38,
203
n54