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Corporate Accountability

Defending the rights of workers, consumers, and others against violations by big business
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Summary

The Constitution guarantees rights for “people” and “citizens,” never once referring to protections for “corporations.” CAC advocates on behalf of the workers, consumers, and others whose constitutional and statutory rights have been denied by corporations and big business interests.

View CAC’s long-term study: Corporations and the Supreme Court

Corporate Accountability in Brief

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In recent years, through cases like Citizens United, the Supreme Court has often given corporations more protection than individuals. If anything, it should be the opposite, and CAC works to ensure that businesses are not allowed to deny those individuals the rights they are due.

Featured Case

Corporate Accountability January 22, 2020

Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The 2008 financial crisis decimated the American economy and caused millions of families to lose their homes. After months of evaluating the roots of this crisis and the types of reforms needed, Congress concluded that a major culprit was the failure of a fragmented and unaccountable consumer financial protection regime to safeguard homeowners from reckless financial products. To remedy this, Congress established a new agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), that would have the independence needed to prevent a recurrence of those problems and respond to the challenges of an evolving financial marketplace. In the Dodd-Frank Act, Congress structured...

Case Timeline

Current
  • CAC files amicus brief
  • The Court grants the petition to hear the case
  • CAC submits a letter to the Court indicating that if the case is granted, we intend to file an amicus brief and to request permission to participate in the oral argument