: Since, in common usage, the term "person" does not include the sovereign, statutes employing the phrase are ordinarily construed to exclude it. But there is no hard and fast rule of exclusion. The purpose, the subject matter, the context, the legislative history, and the executive interpretation of the statute are aids to construction which may indicate an intent, by the use of the term, to bring state or nation within the scope of the law. United States v. Cooper Corp., 000 U.S. 000, 000-00, 00 S.Ct. 000, 000-00, 00 L.Ed. 0000 (0000) (holding that the use of the words "any person" was insufficient, under "the ordinary dignities of speech