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VIDEO: We the Corporations? Life & Law in the U.S.A. after Citizens United v. FEC
April 16, 2010
"We the Corporations?" Life & Law in the U.S.A. after Citizens United v. FEC was a one-day conference addressing that historic decision, and featuring reactions to it from some of the nation's leading democracy campaigners and experts on the doctrine of corporate constitutional rights.
VIDEO ONE: Opening Remarks and Panel: Understanding Citizens United v. FEC
We the Corporations? (Part I) Life and Law in the U.S.A. after Citizens United v. FEC from Liberty Tree on Vimeo.
~ John Nichols, Esq., co-author, The Death and Life of American Journalism
~ Samantha Leonard, UW National Lawyers Guild
~ Peg Lautenschlager, former Attorney General, State of Wisconsin
~ Cheryl Weston, Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin; founder, Cullen Weston Pines & Bach, LLP
~ Jeffrey Clements, author of amicus in Citizens United; former Assistant Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; General Counsel to Free Speech for People, freespeechforpeople.org
~ Lisa Graves, Executive Director, Center for Media and Democracy; former Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the United States; Executive Committee, Campaign to Legalize Democracy, MovetoAmend.org
~ Jeffrey Clements, author of amicus in Citizens United; former Assistant Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; General Counsel to Free Speech for People, freespeechforpeople.org
~ Lisa Graves, Executive Director, Center for Media and Democracy; former Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the United States; Executive Committee, Campaign to Legalize Democracy, MovetoAmend.org
Video Two: Panel: Overcoming Citizens United: Responses & Strategies
We the Corporations? (Part II) Life and Law in the U.S.A. after Citizens United v. FEC from Liberty Tree on Vimeo.
~ Matt Rothschild, Editor, The Progressive Magazine
~ Ben Manski, Executive Director, Liberty Tree Foundation; Attorney at Law, Manski Law & Communications, LLC; Executive Committee, Campaign to Legalize Democracy, MovetoAmend.org
~ Mike McCabe, Executive Director, Wisconsin Democracy Campaign; coordinator, United Citizens Against Citizens United
~ Riki Ott, Executive Director, Ultimate Civics; author, Not One Drop; Executive Committee, Campaign to Legalize Democracy, MovetoAmend.org
Additional Information:
- Hosted by the UW-Madison National Lawyers Guild and the Liberty Tree Foundation
- Sponsored by the American Constitution Society, Center for Media and Democracy, and Wisconsin Democracy Campaign
- Cosponsored by the A.E. Havens Center for the Study of Social Structure and Social Change, UW-Madison Legal Studies Association, Madison Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice, Student Progressive Dane, and the Student Labor Action Coalition.
