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Corporations and the Constitution

Our Constitution never uses the term “corporations,” referring instead to protections for “persons,” “the people,” and “citizens.” Yet in recent years, the Supreme Court has in several areas given corporations more protection than individuals. If anything, it should be the opposite, and CAC shows through text and history how the Constitution demands more protection for people than corporations.

News + Analysis
Bloomberg: Roberts Delivers 'Jolt' in Overturning Campaign-Finance Rulings
Bloomberg Business Week Roberts Delivers 'Jolt' in Overturning Campaign-Finance Rulings By Greg St
The Huffington Post: Five Reasons Why Citizens United Is a Truly Momentous Case
The Huffington Post Five Reasons Why Citizens United Is a Truly Momentous Case Doug Kendall Septe
The Los Angeles Times: Elections for sale?
The Los Angeles Times Elections for sale? By Doug Kendall September 8, 2009 If the Supreme Court
Corporate Personhood: An Oxymoron You Should Know About
by Hannah McCrea, Online Communications Director, Constitutional Accountability Center.  This piece
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Read the third installment in our Text and History Narrative Series, "A Capitalist Joker": Corporations, Corporate Personhood, and the Constitution.

Read our written testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee on corporations and the Supreme Court.

Our cases
Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc.
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc. on December 4th. Riegel is not
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission involves a broad challenge to Congress’s author