Ramtin Arablui and Randa Abdelfattah

And that's really where all the attention is.

The Supreme Court has said...

like people, corporations have the right to engage in political advocacy and expenditures without restriction.

That had always been a critical distinction.

We treated people differently than corporations, and corporations don't have to be treated like people.

So it's not really the reasoning of the case.

That gets sort of blown up in the reaction to the case.

But

That's the immediate reaction is like, what's this going to do?

How much are corporations going to spend?

The irony is that Citizens United's ultimate importance is really not about corporations because certainly for-profit corporations, for the most part, there are exceptions, but for the most part, for-profit corporations aren't actually all that thrilled about spending a lot of money in campaigns.

It could be bad for business.

It's bad for business.

You know, I think Michael Jordan at one point is asked, like, why didn't he support Democratic causes and candidates more?

And he said Republicans buy gym shoes, too.

Right.

They buy sneakers.

And so by being too publicly engaged in politics, you alienate people.

And we've seen lots of examples of that happening.

recently, especially.