I had never heard of Richard L. Grossman until I read his obit today in the Washington Post, but it turns out that he was a leader of a number of progressive causes, based in particular on his opposition to the concept of "corporate personhood," which he reportedly found "repugnant and destructive."
Morning Fog has often expressed the view that corporations are not, and should not be considered, "people" in the sense that they have all the rights of individuals. Admittedly, there is a longstanding body of law on the other side of this issue, which established early on - and for good reasons - that corporations have certain of the attributes of individuals. Grossman, it seems, was more radical than I, challenging even those early interpretations.
In recent years, however, it seems courts, the Roberts Court in particular, have sought to expand the equation of individual and corporate rights far beyond what makes sense. For that reason, I'd like to draw attention, belatedly, to Grossman's life, and his concerns about the same doctrine.
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