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Pete Buttigieg: “A corporation only exists as a creature of state law.”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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Published | Video Starts at 17:19

In fact, not to get too technical, but it falls into a very specific category called an artificial person. And an artificial person under the law only gets to do what the law says it can do. Because A corporation only exists as a creature of state law. And that means through the state, the people can choose to define what a corporation is and what a corporation isn't. (17:19–17:24)

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Asserts that corporations are entities created and defined by state law.

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