Examples Of Corporate Personhood
One of the biggest yet most overshadowed issues or arguments of today in the business world is probably Corporate Personhood. Observing many cases that rule in favor of corporate personhood, history reveals that the problem derives from times as early as the 1800s. Looking at the Constitution, the document that grants rights to all people recognized by the American government, does not officially mention anything specifically on what corporations are permitted to do under the law. Which leaves the courts to determine what rights corporations have and which ones will be permitted to have those certain rights. Even the classification of what a corporation is can be a little vague in itself, going from examples such as massive worldwide selling
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To simply be able to stand within the protection of this Amendment there must be an established expectation of privacy, which cannot just be subjective. The established expectation of privacy must be societally accepted and seen as reasonable. This exact case does not actually have anything to do with these facts, and this case is actually consistent in respects to these arguments, but the issues actually lie with the simple fact that motels/ businesses/ firms/ corporations/ buildings, are not technically actual “people”, so technically they should not be guarded under this …show more content…
None of the owner's personal rights were violated in this case, but they were able to take the issue to the highest court in the United States because their business’s “rights” were. On one hand, the Patels side is relevant because firms such as the police cannot just freely inspect everything they feel fit, and if they can, it can slide into a slippery slope of unlawful along with unethical searches and pursuits. On the other hand, because the Fourth Amendment specifically states that it protects “people” from becoming insecure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, etc., and technically speaking, a business is not a person, it is easy to say that the Patels shouldn’t have the right to claim protection under
To simply be able to stand within the protection of this Amendment there must be an established expectation of privacy, which cannot just be subjective. The established expectation of privacy must be societally accepted and seen as reasonable. This exact case does not actually have anything to do with these facts, and this case is actually consistent in respects to these arguments, but the issues actually lie with the simple fact that motels/ businesses/ firms/ corporations/ buildings, are not technically actual “people”, so technically they should not be guarded under this …show more content…
None of the owner's personal rights were violated in this case, but they were able to take the issue to the highest court in the United States because their business’s “rights” were. On one hand, the Patels side is relevant because firms such as the police cannot just freely inspect everything they feel fit, and if they can, it can slide into a slippery slope of unlawful along with unethical searches and pursuits. On the other hand, because the Fourth Amendment specifically states that it protects “people” from becoming insecure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, etc., and technically speaking, a business is not a person, it is easy to say that the Patels shouldn’t have the right to claim protection under