The Week contest: Corporate rights

The Supreme Court has ruled that corporations have free speech rights. What is the next right that corporations should assert?

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This week's question: The Supreme Court has ruled that corporations have free speech rights, just like individuals, and is considering whether they also have a right to freedom of religion, so they can be exempt from laws that violate their owners' beliefs. What is the next right that corporations should assert?

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How to enter: Submissions should be emailed to contest@theweek.com. Please include your name, address, and daytime telephone number for verification; this week, please type "Corporate rights" in the subject line. Entries are due by noon, Eastern Time, Tuesday, Dec. 3. Winners will appear on the Puzzle Page of the Dec. 13 issue and at theweek.com/puzzle on Friday, Dec. 6. In the case of identical or similar entries, the first one received gets credit. Entries submitted as comments on this web page cannot be considered. All entries become property of The Week.

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RESULTS:

THE WINNER: The right to kill competitors in self-defense

Marcus Davis, Eufaula, Ala.

SECOND PLACE: The right to a jury of their peers (i.e., other corporations)

Mark G. Kane, Bayside, N.Y.

THIRD PLACE: The right to run for office

Betty Henry, Berkeley, Calif.

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

The right to remain silent

Roger McDonald, Charlottesville, Va.

The right to bear markets

Marlon Smith, Elmont, N.Y.

The right to a fair trial

Oliver Wyatt, Norwood, Mass.

Freedom from cruel and unusual punishment: If people cannot be drawn and quartered, corporations cannot be forced to split into smaller pieces either

Jeffrey Contompasis, Ashburn, Va.

The right of assembly so they can legally fix prices

Raven Deerwater, Mendocino, Calif.

The right to dissemble

Howard Kniffin, El Cerrito, Calif.

Freedom to disassemble their workers

Stephanie Sarich, Minnetonka, Minn.

Marriage (the ability to merge without scrutiny)

Scott Hamre, Beaumont, Calif.

Collective bargaining rights

Dennis Treadwell, Pipe Creek, Texas

The right to influence politicians. Oh, wait — they already do.

Jan Steuart, Rochester, N.Y.

Abortion rights, allowing them to "terminate" any employee during the first nine months of employment

Joe Camera, Lompoc, Calif.

Freedom from the minimum wage

Miguel Clement, Ann Arbor, Mich.

The right to die with dignity

Camille V. Nightingale, Seattle

The right to feign outrage while secretly complying with government demands for access to user data

Michael Slawski, Fairfax, Va.

The right to walk their senators in public, as long as they’re kept on a leash

Kc. Boren, Victoria, Texas

The right to a well-regulated militia

Chris Leggette, Robbinsville, N.J.

As an artificial person, a corporation should have the right to pay its taxes with artificial money

Harvey Randall, Niskayuna, N.Y.