South Carolina’s Supreme Court rules that non-binding, advisory questions like that of corporate personhood cannot be placed on a presidential primary ballot.
South Carolina Democratic Party chairman Dick Harpootlian helps Stephen fight to restore his corporate personhood referendum to the Republican primary ballot.
by Charles McGrath
Because of what he calls his “deep and abiding interest in the matter of corporate rights,” Mr. Colbert approached the South Carolina Democrats, and on Tuesday the party chairman, Richard Harpootlian, filed a petition asking for a re-hearing.
“Trust me, this was a measure of last resort,” Mr. Colbert said in a statement. “I’ve always thought Democrats had only one skill: simultaneously being atheists and holier-than-thou. But apparently they also have legal standing in this case.”
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