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Wednesday
Dec192012

Is the glass half empty or full? Stephen Colbert and retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens discuss Corporate Personhood and nuclear power water usage

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens being interviewed by Stephen ColbertWhile discussing the in's and out's of the U.S. Supreme Court's 5 to 4 Citizens United Corporate Personhood ruling, author of the dissent, retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, asked Colbert if a Corporate Person can drink a glass of water. Colbert responded that if that Corporate Person happens to be the nuclear power industry, oh boy can they -- several billion gallons (a square mile of water, 14 feet deep) per reactor, per day! (see the interview beginning at the 10:00 minute mark in this Colbert episode). 

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