Many companies claim the rights of private citizens because they are bound by judicial mandates.
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
It was not until 1976 that the idea of 'corporate personhood' advanced. The Supreme Court, in a number of instances, found that companies need to be granted the rights that all the other individuals have so as to simplify the legal suits between individuals and corporations.
Moreover, the fact that corporations are nothing else but groups of people coming together for a common cause gave rise to the need of corporations having the rights of private citizens. The Supreme Court, through its interpretation of articles first, fifth, and fourteenth of the US Constitution, granted companies certain rights that private citizens have.