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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
The Los Angeles Times: Elections for sale?
The Los Angeles Times Elections for sale? By Doug Kendall September 8, 2009 If the Supreme Court
Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On The Supreme Court's Decision in Citizens United
Citizens United Decision  “Creates New Rights For Wall Street At The Expense Of Ma
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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