{"id":14661,"date":"2014-02-28T17:47:19","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T22:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/?p=14661"},"modified":"2014-04-03T13:30:04","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T17:30:04","slug":"panelists-tackle-political-corruption-at-daylong-symposium-at-stetson-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2014\/02\/28\/panelists-tackle-political-corruption-at-daylong-symposium-at-stetson-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Daylong symposium at Stetson Law tackles political corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than 80 people attended a daylong symposium on Feb. 28 at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Fla., on the topic of political corruption. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/conferences\/homepages\/law-review-symposium.php\">Taking Stock of Citizens United: How the Law Has (and Has Not) Changed Four Years Later<\/a>, drew leading national journalists, legal scholars and public interest advocates to the Stetson law school campus for a series of discussions on the threat of political corruption and the importance of an active citizenship.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nLHeOSRU3EI\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14666\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14666\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Lessig-talk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14666\" alt=\"Professor Lawrence Lessig addresses the symposium audience at Stetson Law.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Lessig-talk-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14666\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professor Lawrence Lessig addresses the symposium audience at Stetson Law. 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