S1 E5: Corporations Are People | Legalizing Corruption
Master Plan
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Money as Protected Speech
- Robert Bork, as Ford's Solicitor General, signaled the administration's true stance on campaign finance law by filing a brief that undermined its defense.
- The Supreme Court upheld contribution limits as minor restrictions on free speech but struck down expenditure limits.
- This ruling established that limiting spending on political ads infringed on the ability to communicate.
- James Buckley convinced the Court that money was not a tool of corruption but constitutionally protected speech.
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