In 1971, Lewis F. Powell, a corporate lawyer and member of the boards of 11 corporations, wrote a memo to his friend Eugene Sydnor, Jr., the Director of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The memo influenced or inspired the creation of the Heritage Foundation, the Manhattan Institute, the Cato Institute, Citizens for a Sound Economy, Accuracy in Academe, and other powerful organizations.
[Read more]Corporations Attempt to Gut the Nation’s Toughest Consumer Protection Law: California’s Unfair Business Practices Act
California corporate interests are paying for a ballot initiative to strip California residents of consumer protection safeguards.
[Read more]Mainstream Marketing Services, et al. v. Federal Trade Commission: Resources and Legal Analysis
Analysis of legal precedent and ongoing proceedings in the evaluation of the limits of commercial speech.
[Read more]Monsanto v. Oakhurst Dairy
Monsanto contests labels used by some dairies that distinguish milk produced without artificial growth hormone.
[Read more]Capsule Book Review: Overruling Democracy The Supreme Court vs. the American People
We were excited by this book because we work directly on many of the issues American University law professor Jamin Raskin highlights in this book, including amending the Constitution to deny corporations the status of persons, establishing a Constitutional right to vote, and creating open and democratic presidential debates.
[Read more]The ACLU on Commercial Speech and Kasky v. Nike
(and our responses to ACLU claims) The ACLU statement appears as published on ACLU.org (2003) Editor’s Note: While this statement was written by the ACLU’s Northern CA chapter, the national headquarters directed people to it as representing the national ACLU’s position on Kasky v. Nike. The ACLU statement is followed by our rebuttals to specific […]
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