Corporations Are People, My Friend
from Master Plan
by The Lever
Published: Tue Sep 17 2024
Show Notes
You might remember Mitt Romney’s infamous line: “Corporations are people, my friend.” But where did this idea come from? In this episode: how the Ford Administration and the Powell Memo movement turned to the Supreme Court to establish the precedent that legalized corruption: money is speech, and corporations are entitled to First Amendment rights.
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