"He's a snake in the grass, I tell ya guys; he may look dumb but that's just a disguise; he's a mastermind in the ways of espionage." Charlie Daniels, "Uneasy Rider" corporations - TT's Lost in Tokyo

Historic Times: Larry Lessig calls for Constitutional Convention to fix our corrupt, broken government by TokyoTom

Lessig doesn' expressly say it, but we also need to rein in the "self-evident", "unalienable rights" of all corporations Actually, the last quip in the title are my words, not Lessig's. Last week, I noted Harvard law prof Lawrence...

#CorpSpeak: "Jefferson Was Right" about the dangers of corporations and of the Supreme Court by TokyoTom

"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country." -- Thomas Jefferson , letter to to George Logan...

It's "Too Late"?! See/enjoy this GREAT new Anthem of the Revolution. Perhaps, as Jefferson suggests, we need an anthem like this for our time by TokyoTom

There's a nice little music video out - just released by a speciality history curriiculum publishing firm - with a hsitory lesson that really seems to be hitting a chord with the growing chorus of people who are upset with government (including Glenn...

#PoliticsInc: More on WHY #CorpSpeak is radical, nonsensical & dangerous judicial activism by TokyoTom

Below is another handy summary of my Constitutional arguments against #CorpSpeak and #politicsInc (Twiter hashtags, for those of you who may be unfamiliar with them), copied from another comment thread at Volokh Conspiracy . Readers should not forget...

The crux of the Constitutional analysis of corporate "personhood" and "speech" by TokyoTom

Further to my four preceding posts , I copy below a further comment that I left on a thread at The Volokh Conspiracy , which I think summarizes the core Constitutional issue: TokyoTom says: John Dewey : Sorry, Tom. You can disagree with me, but the majority...
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Alice in Free Speech Wonderland: "Personal Corporatehood" as response to latest victory of corporations by TokyoTom

Further to my preceding posts on corporations and free speech , I invite others to read this semi-serious piece in Truthout that examines the implications of the United Citizens vs. FEC decision: " Personal Corporatehood: Coping With the Reason Divided...
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Free speech 2: Finally, someone else - Larry Lessig - gets it on state-created corporations and speech! by TokyoTom

Further to my preceding post on speech and corporations , I highly recommend Lawrence Lessig `s insightful short piece, " The Principled and Pure Court? A Reply to Glenn Greenwald " (HuffPo, January 27). For those who haven`t seen it yet, I...
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Supreme Court, others confused about "speech" because they ignore (1) that corporations are not themselves persons, but creatures of the state by TokyoTom

Further, virtually everyone has been ignoring (2) WHY it is that there is so much concern about corporations and their influence on (and vulnerability to) government: namely , states have allowed individuals (and now other corporations) to form separate...
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"Clear-sighted" panic; the role of the corporation in the tragedy of the commons by TokyoTom

This is my fourth follow-up post to " Grist and the tragedy of the panicked enviro ", where I try to clarify the institutional frameworks for understanding and addressing resource problems, in response to confusion in comments by others. Here...
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[Update] Rot at the Core: Rob Bradley at "free market" MasterResource blog shows his true colors as a rent-seeker for fossil fuels by TokyoTom

[Update: I`ve added more background on Exxon, "Malthusians" and productive engagement.] How has Rob Bradley showed his hand? By shutting down reasoned (if challenging) debate at his blog, in the face of comments that were certainly more "free...
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Dialogue with Stephan Kinsella on the state grant to shareholders of limited liability for corporate torts - a gift that keeps on giving by TokyoTom

Stephan Kinsella , in two recent blog posts, Left-Libertarians on Corporations "Expropriating the Efforts of Stakeholders" and Corporations and Limited Liability for Torts , kindly provided a forum to discuss the issue of the limited liability...
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Legal resources on state-created limited liability for shareholders, consequences and reform by TokyoTom

Here, in chronological order, are some legal resources on state-created limited liability for shareholders: history, alternatives, consequences and reform: Christopher D. Stone, "The Place of Enterprise Liability in the Control of Corporate Conduct"...
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Legal resources on state-created limited liability for shareholders, consequences and reform by TokyoTom

Hare are some legal resources on state-created limited liability for shareholders, consequences and reform: Christopher D. Stone, The Place of Enterprise Liability in the Control of Corporate Conduct, 90 YALE L.J. 1 (1980). Paul Halpern; Michael Trebilcock;...
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[Revised] Corporations, the state, limited liability and rent-seeking: Some criticisms of Huebert and Block's criticisms of Long by TokyoTom

[Update: Items 2 & 3 revised and an item 4 added.] J.H. Huebert and Walter Block have posted a critique of Roderick Long 's recent Cato essay . Allow me to make a few comments: 1. Huebert and Long argue that "There Is No Such Thing as Corporate...
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