“Individual” in the time of the Founders meant what it seems to mean today - a single person, distinct from a group of persons.
Since the passing of the 14th Amendment and the extension of its reach through rulings like the Slaughterhouse Cases and others, it now ALSO means a human person acting in a corporate capacity.
The difference between the two jurisdictional statuses is night and day. Without corporate capacity, a person has rights. With corporate capacity, rights are replaced by privileges.
So I always try to note its usage, in order to understand what is actually being addressed as the subject matter.
Sadly, it’s usually the opposite of what it appears to be.
Interesting. Yet some of the justices try to parse the English language the way the founders used it — namely Justice Thomas.
I have not studied this I admit, but I am not and have never been MileHi Inc.
Feel free if you have something to enlighten me. For now I will consider "the people" to mean the body of individual citizens.
FReegards