UW-Madison, WI, Holds "WE THE CORPORATIONS?" Life & Law in the U.S.A. after Citizens United v. FEC, April 16th

"WE THE CORPORATIONS?" Life & Law in the U.S.A. after Citizens United v. FEC

When: Friday, April 16th, 2010
Where: University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, Wisconsin

On January 21st, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. An avalanche of criticism from grassroots organizations, members of Congress, and the President of the United States followed. Hundreds of thousands of Americans signed motions calling for action to overrule the Court -- including amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

"We the Corporations?" Life & Law in the U.S.A. after Citizens United v. FEC is 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.

Hosted by the UW-Madison National Lawyers Guild ~ Sponsored by the Liberty Tree Foundation, Center for Media and Democracy, Wisconsin Democracy Campaign ~ Cosponsored by the A.E. Havens Center for the Study of Social Structure and Social Change, Madison Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, with more to be invited.

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Agenda "below the fold;" click "Read more."

2:30pm - WELCOME
John Nichols, co-author, Life and Death of American Journalism
introduced by Samantha Leonard, UW NLG

3:00pm - PANEL: Understanding Citizens United v. FEC
~ 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; Counsel to Free Speech for People
~ Lisa Graves, Executive Director, Center for Media and Democracy; former Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the United States; Executive Committee, MovetoAmend.org

4:30pm - Break

5:00pm - PANEL: Overcoming Citizens United: Responses & Strategies

Moderated by Matt Rothschild, Editor, The Progressive Magazine
~ Ben Manski, Executive Director, Liberty Tree Foundation; Attorney at Law, Manski Law & Communications, LLC; Executive Committee, MovetoAmend.org
~ Mike McCabe, Executive Director, Wisconsin Democracy Campaign; coordinator, Citizen United Against Citizens United
~ Riki Ott, Executive Director, Ultimate Civics; author, Not One Drop; Executive Committee, MovetoAmend.org

Location: 5240

Contact Person: Samantha R Leonard

Contact Email: srleonard@wisc.edu

Event Type:
Speaker/Discussion, Student Org Mtg / Student Event, Special Events

Intended Audience: Alumni, Faculty, CLEW, Students, Other, Staff