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SPLIT PERSONALITYThe Fallacy of Corporate Personhood

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The First Amendment

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“Congress shall make

no law ...abridging  

the freedom of  speech,  

or of the  press;  

or the right of the people peaceably to assemble...”

The First Amendment

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Original Intent

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The Framers would have taken “it as a given that corporations

could be comprehensively regulated in the service of

the public welfare.”- Justice Stevens

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“Modern Corporations ... would probably have

been favored by most of our enterprising founders...”

-Justice Scalia

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Original Public Meaning

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Original Public Meaning

“[Corporations] ...were legally privileged organization that had to be closely scrutinized by the

legislature because their purposes had to be made consistent with public welfare.”

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Legislative History ofCorporate Restrictions

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Legislative History ofCorporate Restrictions

The 5 Key Acts

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The Tillman Act

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Federal Corrupt Practices Act

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TheTaft-Hartly Act

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2002

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Federal Election Campaign Act

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2002BipartisanCampaignReform Act

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Theories

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Autonomy v.

Public Debate

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Autonomy

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Public Debate

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Real Entityvs.

Artificial Entity

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Real Entity

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Artificial Entity

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Shareholder Protection&

Anti-Distortion

Theories

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Shareholder Protection

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Anti-Distortion

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Citizens United v. Fed. Election Commn., 130 S. Ct. 876 (2010)

Floyd Abrams, Protecting the Heart of the First Amendment, Defending Citizens United, 9 First Amend. L. Rev. 193 (2010)

Dale Rubin, Corporate Personhood: How the Courts Have Employed Bogus Jurisprudence to Grant Corporations Constitutional Rights Intended for Individuals, 28 Quinnipiac L. Rev. 523 (2010)

David Shelledy, Autonomy, Debate, and Corporate Speech, 18 Hastings Const. L.Q. 541 (1991)

Anne Tucker, Flawed Assumptions: A Corporate Law Analysis of Free Speech and Corporate Personhood in Citizens United, 61 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 497 (2010)

Bibliography

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