citizens united
January 21st, 2010
The Supreme Court's opinions in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, including the syllabus, are a whopping 183 pages. There are five opinions in all. Justice Kennedy's opinion for the Court, concurring opinions by Justice The Supreme Court had at least six ways to avoid deciding the issues in Citizens United v. FEC. Instead, it overturned a decades-old bar on corporations and unions from dumping money into politics. Progressives may have thought the victory of Scott Brown in Massachusetts earlier this week was bad news, but today's Supreme Court 5-4 ruling in Citizens United v. FEC may ultimately prove far more devastating.