To Help Corporations, the Courts Ingeniously Interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment

To help corporations, the courts ingeniously interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment, which was designed to protect the rights of ex-slaves, so as to

A) help freedmen to work in factories.
B) incorporate big businesses.
C) allow big businessmen to avoid paying taxes.
D) protect corporations from state regulation.
E) protect the rights of middle-class corporate workers.