Corporate Interests

Powell delivers Bellotti decision establishing corporate First Amendment rights

1978-04-26 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 6/10

Justice Lewis Powell delivers majority opinion in First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti (435 U.S. 765), establishing for first time that corporations have First Amendment speech rights to influence ballot initiatives and political campaigns. Powell’s 5-4 decision strikes down Massachusetts …

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Powell Memo: Psychological Warfare Tactics Applied to Economic Policy

1971-08-23 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Lewis Powell drafts confidential memo to the US Chamber of Commerce outlining a systematic strategy for corporate influence, drawing from psychological manipulation techniques similar to those developed in MKULTRA. The memo provides a blueprint for coordinated institutional capture through media, …

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