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Read. Follow. Verify.Proposed Constitutional Amendment Limits Constitutional Rights to Natural Persons Only
Last action · February 12, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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What This Bill Would Do
This proposed amendment would restrict the rights protected and extended by the U.S. Constitution exclusively to s, effectively excluding corporations and other legal entities from claiming constitutional protections. If passed, this would fundamentally alter the legal status of non-human entities in American jurisprudence.
This measure seeks to overturn long-standing legal precedents that grant corporations constitutional rights, which could impact how businesses participate in political spending, free speech, and other protected activities.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Corporations
The amendment would remove their ability to claim constitutional protections currently afforded to them under existing legal interpretations.
Natural persons
The amendment would clarify that constitutional rights are reserved exclusively for human beings.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a 'natural person'?
Does this mean corporations will have no rights at all?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
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Challenge to Corporate Personhood
The resolution represents a direct legislative attempt to reverse judicial doctrines that have extended constitutional protections to corporations.
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