It is the creature of the law and may be molded to any shape or for the purpose the Legislature may deem most conducive for the common good. If we don't mold corporations, they will continue to mold us. They will mold us at the expense of our rights, our health, our democracy, our communities, our environment and most importantly our souls. For almost 80 years, labor's message has been primarily limited to protecting the interests of organized workers. But workers rights don't exist in a vacuum.
People have rights, inalienable rights.
Corporations have only the privileges we the people give them, because corporations are created by people through their legislatures. Corporations are not mentioned in the United States Constitution. Their constitutional privileges stem from Supreme Court cases, judge-made law. These judges are lawyers, appointed for life. Equal protection is a term used in the 14th Amendment to bring African-Americans under constitutional protection.