By: Ashby Jones

In its Citizens United opinion from last year, the Supreme Court shot down certain campaign-finance limits. In so doing, the court essentially ruled that U.S. corporations have First Amendment free-speech rights.

Might the court take another step toward imbuing corporations with all the rights guaranteed U.S. citizens?

The high court agreed to hear a case involving AT&T to consider whether a corporation can challenge the release of government documents as an infringement of the company's privacy rights.

AT&T wants the FCC to keep secret all the information it gathered from the company during an investigation into its participation in the federal E-Rate program, which helps schools and libraries get Internet access.

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