our next speaker is professor kiari torres from stetson university college of law. she teaches courses in election law and constitutional law. prior to joining the fact up, he was counsel for the democracy center. she was an associate porter and former staffer for senator richard durbin. in fact, from illinois, my home state, and jim robinoff is related -- i guess his mother is a durbin. so it's a small world. >> good afternoon. my name is ciara torres-spelliscy. i work on finance law and corporate law. and i wanted to thank chapman for having me back. the last time i was here, i was talking about citizens united. and i'll touch on a few of those same themes today. we are in the midst of the first presidential election since citizens united. and that raises, for me, the risk of a second watergate. now, in 2012, an individual can't write $100,000 check directly to a presidential candidate which they could have done in the '72 election. on the other hand, corporate money in this election has a freer hand than it did in the 1972 election. back in '72, corporate politic

and sierra torres is professor at stetson university college of law. we are joined by professor ronald rotunda from chapman law school. i know dean campbell has already introduced professor rotunda. so for the sake of brevity and for those who haven't heard his accolades and accomplishments, i will stick to the significant ones which still fit an entire page. ronald is the henley chair and distinguished professor of jurisprudence here at chapman law school. before teaching he servinged as assistant majority council for watergate committee. before that, he was professor of law at george mason university. and prior to that position, he was the albert e. jenner professor at illinois. he is a magna cum laude graduate of harvard college and harvard law school where he was a member of the harvard law review. the professor also clerked for judge walter r. mansfield of the united states court of appeals for the second circuit. professor rotunda is the author of the most widely used core spoken legal ethics and the leading course book in constitutional law whic