{"id":22857,"date":"2022-06-28T11:34:02","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T18:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=22857"},"modified":"2022-06-28T11:34:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T18:34:04","slug":"women-declare-themselves-corporations-to-force-supreme-court-to-grant-them-rights-as-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2022\/06\/28\/women-declare-themselves-corporations-to-force-supreme-court-to-grant-them-rights-as-people\/","title":{"rendered":"WOMEN DECLARE THEMSELVES CORPORATIONS TO FORCE SUPREME COURT TO GRANT THEM RIGHTS AS PEOPLE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/contributors\/andy-borowitz\">Andy Borowitz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 27, 2022 (NewYorker.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.newyorker.com\/photos\/62b9b81c34dacc610b5f2ccd\/master\/w_2560%2Cc_limit\/boro-women-corp.jpg\" alt=\"Women protesting the Supreme Court decision.\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>WASHINGTON (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\">The Borowitz Report<\/a>)\u2014Millions of American women and girls have declared themselves corporations in order to force the United States Supreme Court to grant them rights as people, legal observers have reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attorneys across the nation indicated that they have been swamped by requests from clients seeking to incorporate as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Supreme Court decided in 2010 that corporations are people, so all we want is to be treated like corporations, \u201d Carol Foyler, who now goes by the corporate name FoylerCo L.L.C., said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision by millions of women to incorporate sent shock waves through the Court\u2019s conservative majority, who reportedly scoured the Constitution in vain for a means to circumvent the ingenious tactic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even the normally taciturn Clarence Thomas was moved to issue a rare public statement. \u201cIt\u2019s a sad day in America when the nation\u2019s highest court is forced to treat women like people,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More Satire from the Borowitz Report<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Trump suggests that Putin&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/trump-suggests-putin-just-claim-he-won\">should just claim he won<\/a>.<\/li><li>Senate Republicans punish Susan Collins by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/senate-republicans-punish-susan-collins-by-making-her-sit-next-to-rand-paul\">making her sit next to Rand Paul<\/a>.<\/li><li>Trump fears Putin is too distracted by Ukraine to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/trump-fears-putin-is-too-distracted-by-ukraine-to-help-him-with-2024-campaign\">help him with his 2024 campaign<\/a>.<\/li><li>Elon Musk deletes&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/musk-deletes-every-twitter-account-but-his\">every Twitter account but his own<\/a>.<\/li><li>Ron DeSantis warns that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/desantis-warns-that-math-makes-children-gay\">math makes children gay<\/a>.<\/li><li>Ketanji Brown Jackson declines Brett Kavanaugh\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/jackson-refuses-kavanaughs-invitation-to-beer-pong-initiation-ritual\">invitation to a beer-pong initiation<\/a>.<\/li><li>Ted Cruz says the confirmation of a qualified Supreme Court nominee&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/ted-cruz-says-confirmation-of-qualified-nominee-sets-dangerous-precedent\">sets a dangerous precedent<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/newsletter\/borowitz\">Sign up<\/a>&nbsp;to receive more news satire by Andy Borowitz in your in-box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.newyorker.com\/photos\/59097b748b51cf59fc423c5f\/1:1\/w_270%2Cc_limit\/borowitz-andy.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/contributors\/andy-borowitz\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/contributors\/andy-borowitz\">Andy Borowitz<\/a>&nbsp;is a Times best-selling author and a comedian who has written for The New Yorker since 1998. He writes&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\">The Borowitz Report<\/a>, a satirical column on the news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By&nbsp;Andy Borowitz June 27, 2022 (NewYorker.com) WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)\u2014Millions of American women and girls have declared themselves corporations in order to force the United States Supreme Court to grant them rights as people, legal observers have reported. 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