Edited sentence: As a matter of law, and inquiring when to apply the law and to whom it applies, let us look to The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution as it officially abolished and continues to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.Bancroft Davis, former president of the Newburgh and New York Railway, Company inserted a headnote to the United States Reports pertaining to the Court’s decision in Santa Clara County v.Federal Election Commission that opened the floodgates of corporate money in elections.From the environment, energy, and healthcare to jobs, education and the economy, the greed of big multi-national corporations is laying waste to the American dream, our abilty to unite in labor unions, and our democracy.In May 1886 United States Supreme Court clerk J.Southern Pacific Railroad Company.This act set precedence over the case of Citizens United vs.Thus with out a formal court ruling, this simple act set a precedent and effectively established corporations as legal persons entitled to the same rights as living, breathing persons under the 14th amendment.When a corporation commits a crime, say, in the last financial crisis mitigating the economic upheaval around the world, and the government bailouts given to banking giants who promptly paid themselves bonuses, and later sat unashamadedly in front of the congressional hearings when asked where the money went they keep quiet, does the law apply to corporations who commit fraud and financial crimes by avoidance of paying taxes, under the Federal Taxation Code, or do they not want to have the same rights when it comes time to stand up and pay their dues