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In August of 1971, Lewis F. Powell Jr. was about to be sworn in as
an Associate Supreme Court Justice after previously turning down
the same offer from President Nixon in 1969. Before being
sworn in, he wrote a memo entitled, "Attack on American Free
Enterprise System" (to become known as 'The Powell Memo') to Eugene
B. Syndor Jr. at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The memo
called upon Corporate America to aggressively shape politics,
media, education and the court system of this country. Over
40 years later, almost everything Powell wrote about has happened.
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an Associate Supreme Court Justice after previously turning down
the same offer from President Nixon in 1969. Before being
sworn in, he wrote a memo entitled, "Attack on American Free
Enterprise System" (to become known as 'The Powell Memo') to Eugene
B. Syndor Jr. at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The memo
called upon Corporate America to aggressively shape politics,
media, education and the court system of this country. Over
40 years later, almost everything Powell wrote about has happened.
[Click to Listen]
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