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https://brownstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Shutterstock_1675946623.jpg20481200While the Constitution is designed to prevent the usurpation of these rights by the government, there is little that limits the power of the corporations and institutions, which are making decisions about when and how we exercise our rights.