S1 E5: Corporations Are People | Legalizing Corruption
Sep 17, 2024•53 min•Season 1Ep. 5
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Episode description
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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