Panel 2: The Challenge of Citizens United

How did corporate rights evolve to include expressive constitutional rights akin to those of a natural person? How should we think about constitutional protections for corporate speech promoting commercial interests? Should the degree of alignment between ownership and control affect the constitutional interests of the corporation? Does SEC regulation on shareholder voting interfere with shareholders’ constitutional rights? If substantive rights like freedom of speech operate primarily as limits on government, does it matter whose rights are being protected?

Featuring:
-John Ehrett, Chief Counsel, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley
-Prof. Robert Miller, F. Arnold Daum Chair in Corporate Finance and Law, University of Iowa College of Law
-Matt Stoller, Director of Research, American Economic Liberties Project
-Eric Wessan, Solicitor General, Iowa Office of the Attorney General
-Moderator: Hon. Gregory G. Katsas, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.

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Boeing is going to be a too big to fail because of their military side. Imagine if they ran their commercial side like the military.