Corporate Capital & Legal Personality: A Marxist Account of Citizens United Ten Years Later

Authors

Hayden E. Pendergrass, The George Washington University Law School

Abstract

The article presents a Marxist critique of the Citizens United decision, arguing that it embodies the dominant capitalist ideology by granting corporations extensive First Amendment rights. This decision reflects the legal system's role in reinforcing corporate power and control over the political process, aligning with Marxist theories of law as a tool of class domination.

Disciplines

Election Law | Judges | Law | Law and Politics

Recommended Citation

Hayden E. Pendergrass, Corporate Capital & Legal Personality: A Marxist Account of Citizens United Ten Years Later, 28 Cardozo J. Equal Rts. & Soc. Just. 305 (2022).
Available at: https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cardozoersj/vol28/iss2/3