Yes, rights have been exercised through the corporate form for centuries. Quaker corporations, for example, were among the first to formally oppose slavery. They would petition Congress, even to the point of annoyance, but nobody suggested at the time that Congress was empowered to suppress their anti-slavery petitioning based solely on corporate identity.
Yes, rights have been exercised through the corporate form for centuries. Quaker corporations, for example, were among the first to formally oppose slavery. They would petition Congress, even to the point of annoyance, but nobody suggested at the time that Congress was empowered to suppress their anti-slavery petitioning based solely on corporate identity.