Vermont’s statutes 1 V.S.A. § 128 state
“Person” shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the state of Vermont or any department, agency or subdivision of the state, and any partnership, unincorporated association or other legal entity. (Amended 1969, No. 207 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 24, 1970.)
The state, or any state delegates, do not have a need for personhood as the state carries with it “eminent domain” … meaning the state can pretty much assume any rights not obviously outside the Vermont constitutional framework.
In light of the recent US Supreme Court mangling the most pressing of the rest is corporate personhood, but the arguments against corporate personhood are just as valid when used against any organizational personhood.
What are the candidates stances vis-a-vis corporate personhood specifically and organizational personhood in general?
Will you move to end the recognition of corporate personhood in Vermont by pushing to remove this from Vermont statutes?