The Third Branch v. Citizens United: The Root of the Evil

Jan Schlichtmann 
Nationally-Recognized Civil Litigation Attorney 

Jan Schlichtmann, one of the country’s eminent plaintiff’s attorneys, visited the CSU, Chico campus to make two presentations. Schlichtmann received national recognition for his representation of eight Woburn, Massachusetts, families against W.R. Grace and Beatrice foods for contamination of the city water supply. Jonathan Harr’s “A Civil Action,” which told the story, became a best-selling book and then a movie. The focus of this talk is on reform of the legal system. “Citizens United” is shorthand for the decision by the U.S.Supreme Court to allow unlimited political campaign spending by corporations, on the grounds that “corporations are people.” 

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Recorded: March 14, 2012