# Does the first amendment really let corporations buy elections?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 25, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-first-amendment-really-let-corporations-buy-elections/507690 "2009-08-25T20:39:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![adhay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-first-amendment-really-let-corporations-buy-elections/507690/63 "2009-08-27T21:52:23Z")

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For anyone actually interested, here is the [timeline](http://www.ratical.org/corporations/ToPRaP.html) of the Supremes’ rulings on corporate personhood.

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