Historic Supreme Courts--Citizens United (thread 20), Episode 3: How Corporations Discovered the First Amendment

We dig into Grosjean v. American Press, where Huey Long's ad tax tried to choke out critical newspapers—and the Court responded by giving corporations a path to claim press protections. It's the surprising legal pivot that helps explain how Citizens United later became possible.

Come along as we resurrect dead justices, tussle with old precedents, and ask who really gets to speak in our democracy—individuals, corporations, or both?