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As Mitt Romney was fond of saying, "corporations are people"



Sure, and legally in many ways corporations are people. But in this specific case, corporations do not enjoy the protections of the 5th amendment.


[Citation needed]


I learned it from The Illustrated Guide to Law, which is a webcomic about law written and illustrated by a criminal defense lawyer.

The page that states this is http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=2600, though the next couple of pages are relevant as well.




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