Citizens United (a 5-4 ruling along party lines which Justice Thomas voted in favor of) established that corporations have the right to free speech, which explicitly includes speech that can influence elections. I wonder if his thoughts on that have changed, but that is unlikely.
The funny (and sad) thing is, this whole "large corporations can do anything they want" ethos in place today is a very recent shift in American society, steadily pushed by "Reagan conservatism" in the last few decades. The corporations then started shifting left (because that's where the money is), and the same conservatives are now calling for regulation.
The funny (and sad) thing is, this whole "large corporations can do anything they want" ethos in place today is a very recent shift in American society, steadily pushed by "Reagan conservatism" in the last few decades. The corporations then started shifting left (because that's where the money is), and the same conservatives are now calling for regulation.