Panel 1: Did James Madison Think Corporations Were People Too?

How did citizens understand corporate power at the Founding? What were the rights, privileges, and limits on corporations, and how did the rights of corporations compare to those of individual citizens? Should the fact that significant elements of the corporation-including their creation and ability to operate across state lines-were privileges granted by the state affect our thinking on corporate rights? And how does contemporary thinking about corporate rights align with founding-era understandings?
Featuring:
-Prof. Julia Mahoney, John S. Battle Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
-Hon. Doha Mekki, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice
-Ryan Newman, General Counsel, Executive Office of the Governor, State of Florida
-Lael Weinberger, Fellow, Constitutional Law Center, Stanford Law School
-Moderator: Hon. Julius "Jay" Richardson, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.

[@FrickinTony]

Can profits be transfered to owner/shareholders to keep taxes lower, for corp tax breaks/corp welfare/Qe stimulating the economy seems to go to the corps more and more ,do they fail by design [pump and dump] without paying taxes, for-profit bankruptcies? Should they still get write-offs, now ai? Can ai control the nervous system?

[@FrickinTony]

Does the constitution extend to foreign corps as it should not, nor should taxes be lower than china's

[@FreebornJohnLillburne]

You lost the question. It’s supposed to be an evaluation from history not a dialogue about corporations generally. Moderator needs to do a better job keeping people on topic