The Historical Roots of Citizens United v. FEC: How Anarchists and Academics Accidentally Created Corporate Speech Rights

Teachout, Zephyr

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The Historical Roots of Citizens United v. FEC: How Anarchists and Academics Accidentally Created Corporate Speech Rights

Zephyr Teachout

Fordham University School of Law

March 30, 2011

Harvard Law and Policy Review, Vol. 5, p. 163, 2011
Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1769128

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This paper looks at how the early rhetoric around the First Amendment enabled later development of corporate political speech rights.

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Keywords: Elections, Corruption, First Amendment

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Date posted: October 20, 2011 ; Last revised: November 21, 2011

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Teachout, Zephyr, The Historical Roots of Citizens United v. FEC: How Anarchists and Academics Accidentally Created Corporate Speech Rights (March 30, 2011). Harvard Law and Policy Review, Vol. 5, p. 163, 2011; Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1769128. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1769128

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