Proposed 28th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America

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28. Inasmuch as we hold it self-evident that all people are granted certain inalienable rights by their Creator, and that the rights enumerated in the Constitution are examples of such rights, it is recognized that none but people have such rights, and, further, that all people have such rights simply by their nature as people, regardless of nationality.

Anyone want to nitpick or bug-check this phrasing?

If this is workable, though, let's start writing our congresscritters and state legislatures to start the process to get this thing ratified.

Comments

[bemused-leftist.livejournal.com]

I certainly deplore the whole idea of corporations having the rights of 'person's, but your wording raises a lot of new problems, as others have pointed out.

First, does it really need a Cons Amendment, or was the SCOTUS decision based on some law way back which Congress could amend? A Cons Amend may use a process which can be dangerous: a new Cons Convention (very dangerous, easy to take over by Tea Party people, and pass other amendments as well). Or it goes state by state and gets buried in committees.

Good luck with the basic idea, in any case.