“Other corporations have asserted Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination as well as asserted that the Fourteenth Amendment—passed after the Civil War to strip slavery from the Constitution—protects their right “against discrimination” by a local community that doesn’t want them building… — Thom Hartmann Copy Share Image
“nation and the Framers of the Constitution. They were sufficiently worried about corporate power that they didn’t even include in the Constitution the word corporation, intending instead that the states tightly regulate corporate behavior (which the states did quite well… — Thom Hartmann Copy Share Image
In the 24 hours since this time yesterday, over 200,000 acres of rainforest have been destroyed in our world. Fully 13 million tons of… — Thom Hartmann Copy Share Image
“Traditional English, Dutch, French, and Spanish law didn’t say that corporations are people. The U.S. Constitution wasn’t written with that idea; corporations aren’t mentioned… — Thom Hartmann Copy Share Image
Blessings are the spiritual equivalent of breathing in, and prayer is the spiritual equivalent of breathing out. — Thom Hartmann Copy Share Image
“2003 case before the Supreme Court in which Nike claimed that it had the First Amendment right to lie in its corporate marketing, a… — Thom Hartmann Copy Share Image
“The Constitution doesn’t give us rights: it restrains government from infringing on rights we acquire at birth by virtue of being human beings, “natural… — Thom Hartmann Copy Share Image
Many people I've met believe that plants are made up of soil-that the tree outside your house, for example, is mostly made from the… — Thom Hartmann Copy Share Image
“Her crime cost nobody their life, but she famously was escorted off to a women’s prison. Had she been a corporation instead of a… — Thom Hartmann Copy Share Image
Black Friday, in reality, is a symptom of the plight that 30 years of Reaganomics has brought to working people in America. Right along… — Thom Hartmann Copy Share Image
“So we now know the formula for extinction. Something happens to increase global temperatures five to six degrees, which triggers a melting of the… — Thom Hartmann Copy Share Image
When the Europeans first arrived in North America, the average depth of the topsoil was 53.34 cm (1¾ ft) and it was rich in… — Thom Hartmann Copy Share Image
“And so we see people who are spiritually disconnected, living in boxes and driving in boxes, perhaps once a year going "out to nature"… — Thom Hartmann Copy Share Image
“in previous decades a chemical company took to the Supreme Court a case asserting its Fourth Amendment “right to privacy” from the Environmental Protection… — Thom Hartmann Copy Share Image
