Mar 29, 2019
UCLA law professor and National Book Award finalist Adam Winkler and Jeff Schatten discuss the way in which corporate power has changed via rulings by The Supreme Court. They delve into the role of corporations in the founding of The United States and how corporations have increased their influence, which culminated in The Citizens United ruling.
UCLA law Professor Adam Winkler is a specialist in American constitutional law and the Supreme Court. His scholarship has been cited in landmark Supreme Court cases on the First and Second Amendments, and according to a 2016 study he is one of the top twenty law professors for citations by the courts. His popular writing has appeared in New York Times Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Atlantic, Slate, Scotusblog, and Daily Beast. He is a frequent commentator about legal issues and has appeared on Face the Nation, CNN, ABC News, All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Marketplace. He is the author of We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights (2018), which was named a finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award.