Description acceptable. Thurman Arnold called this doctrine “as essential…as…the divine right of kings in an earlier day.” A dissent by Hugo Black argues against this doctrine to defend a California tax on reinsurance premiums. Howard Jay Graham's article "The Conspiracy Theory" accuses Roscoe Conkling of forging records of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction to support this doctrine. Justice Powell used this doctrine to extend free-speech protections in First National Bank of Boston v. (*) Bellotti. This doctrine’s reach was, for a time, limited by concerns for innocent and dissenting shareholders. Extensions of this doctrine in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby and Citizens United v. FEC have come under scrutiny for promoting plutocracy. For 10 points, name this doctrine that gives citizen-like rights to groups like LLCs and nonprofits. ■END■
ANSWER: corporate personhood [or corporations are people; accept word forms; prompt on answers involving personhood for businesses & companies]
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