Started. I am the executive director [audio lost] i ¿i want to welcome you to todays program, a preview of the cases that are set for the second half of this term. The first half of the term had more blockbusters than we have seen in a long time. The second half promises to be even more exciting than the first half. Fortunately, we have an incredible panel today to discuss these cases. Before i get out of the way, i want to thank the American Constitution Society and the Federalist Society for cosponsoring this event. I want to thank in man maine, the special events score nader appeared i want to introduce our moderator, amy howe, once the editor of the scotus blog. Now she is just an independent contractor and a reporter for the scotus blog. Amy probably knows more about the Supreme Court than any person alive. With that, i will turn the program over to amy. Amy p that is a tough am. That is a tough introduction to live up to. He also asked me to be very brief in introducing our pane
Program which is a preview of the cases that are set for the second half of this term. The first half of the term had really more block busters than weve seen in a long time and the second half of the term promisees to be even more exciting than the first half. Fortunately we have an incredible panel here today to discuss these cases. Before i get out of the way, i want to thank the federal society and cons tug tugsal socie society for sponsoring this event. I want to thank our event coordinator. Our moderator, amy, who is a georgetown graduate first and most important. She was once the editor reporter for the scotus blog. And now they is just an independent contractor and a reporter for the scotus blog. And amy really, i think probably knows more about the Supreme Court than any person alive. So with that, i will turn the program over to amy. That is a tough introductory to live up to. I have been asked to quickly introduce the panel, so i will leave you to the name tags. They have ar
Position. They are challenging, but yeah. A good economy, which we are starting to see, alleviates the dangers. But it is still a challenging environment for republicans. There is no doubt about that. Steve and you now have more than 40 House Republicans who are either seeking another office or stepping down this year . Mr. Phillips right. Those are high numbers. You saw another one in from new jersey just this past week. It is a challenging environment. In some ways, having folks not tied to washington and the antid. C. Sentiment that is out there right now could be a good thing in some of these districts, actually, because they are not tied to what is happening in washington and they can run as their own person. Steve what race worries you the most in terms of the house or the senate . Which one are you keeping a close eye on . It could be the barometer for the Midterm Elections. Mr. Phillips i think when you look at some of the democrats who are up in the senate, we will find out if
Speaker1 how is that done . How do they become people . One of the most important raise the Supreme Court made Corporation People if you will is simply to look beyond the corporation and throughout American History the Supreme Court has granted corporations expansive Constitutional Rights, often ignoring the corporate form saying we need to protect the rights of the people who come together to form the corporation and while that idea probably made a lot of sense in the early 1800s as corporations were spot small its hard to know if the same idea makes the same degree of sense in a world where you have general motors, hundreds of thousands of shareholders and many hold only invest in the company for a matter of moments as a play on the market or does it still makes sense to break through the corporate form and see those people the need or should we try to separate the rights of the corporation from the rights of the underlying people. Was this baked into the convent constitution in any
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