Initiative

Attorney General File #: 2012-003

Corporations Are Not People Act
February 29, 2012
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The measure amends the California Constitution to specify that “a corporation is not a person, and corporations are not due constitutional rights which human beings are naturally due.” This provision eliminates corporate constitutional rights that stem from their being treated like a person under the California, but not U.S., Constitution.

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