The personhood of corporations

There's a really great editorial over at The New York Times about what constitutional rights corporations should have. The Supreme Court is currently reviewing whether or not Citizens United (a corporation) had a right to air a damaging ad about Hillary Clinton. The fear is that allowing corporations to voice their opinions would damage our election system. "Since 1907, Congress has banned them [corporations] from contributing to federal political campaigns - a ban the Supreme Court has repeatedly upheld." Good thing, too, given how much money corporations already use to influence our politicians. Just imagine what it would be like if they could use huge sums of money to influence the population at large. "The Constitution mentions the rights of the people frequently but does not cite corporations. Indeed, many of the founders were skeptical of corporate influence." Those behind the push to give corporations more rights? The conservative folks. Tsk tsk.