FEC ruling (allowing unlimited corporate electioneering) are among the notable results, but most legal and political victories resulted from decades of patient work to shift popular opinion and culture. Bellotti ruling (creating a corporate right to influence ballot questions) to the 2010 Citizens United v. The 1978 First National Bank of Boston v. Groups embracing Powell’s strategy have indeed fundamentally altered our nation. Chamber clearly outlined a comprehensive framework by which corporate interests could create long-term shifts in culture, law and ultimately policy to consolidate corporate power and minimize the risk of democracy interfering with their agenda.
He said today: “Under the guise of defeating attacks on ‘free enterprise,’ Lewis Powell’s memo to the U.S. Anderson cautioned that Powell “might use his position on the Supreme Court to put his ideas into practice … behalf of business interests.” It was leaked to Jack Anderson, syndicated columnist, who stirred interest in the document when he cited it as reason to doubt Powell’s legal objectivity. The Powell Memo did not become available to the public until long after his confirmation to the Court.
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Chamber of Commerce, titled “Attack of American Free Enterprise System.” The memorandum was dated August 23, 1971, two months prior to Powell’s nomination by President Nixon to the U.S. Powell, then a corporate lawyer and member of the boards of eleven corporations, wrote a memo to his friend Eugene Sydnor, Jr., the director of the U.S.
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