Supreme amnesia.

• Author: Peters, Charles
• Position: TILTING at windmills - On Supreme Court's ruling on the Citizen United case - Brief article - Column

Did you see the New Yorker cartoon showing a lawyer pleading before the Supreme Court, "If you prick a corporation, does it not bleed?" It captures the absurdity of the court's decision in the Citizens United case, which held that, for purposes of making a political contribution, a corporation is a person. That the Court itself may be at least a bit embarrassed by that ruling is suggested by its recent ruling in Federal Communications Commission v. AT&T. The telephone giant was pleading that it...