Roscoe Conkling's Fraudulent Argument for Corporate Personhood in San Mateo County v. Southern Pacific
Former U.S. Senator Roscoe Conkling, who had twice refused Supreme Court appointments to pursue his lucrative Gilded Age law practice, argued before the Court in San Mateo County v. Southern Pacific Railroad that the Fourteenth Amendment’s framers intentionally used “person” rather …
Roscoe Conkling
U.S. Supreme Court
Southern Pacific Railroad
San Mateo County
Joint Committee on Reconstruction
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