Argument: Corporations have a right to defend their interests

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Bradley Smith. “Corporations Are People, Too.” NPR. September 10, 2009: “Corporations are associations of individuals, with a right to defend their interests. For example, suppose a small manufacturer would be bankrupted unless it can receive government funds under the stimulus plan passed earlier this year. If the governor refuses to accept stimulus funds, shouldn’t the corporation — as a corporation, an association of shareholders — be able to criticize that governor, and even advocate his defeat?”