SCOTUS Kennedy on Campaign Finance Case - 2010

S03-E06 We feature U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy sharing the court’s opinion about the Citizens United case that dramatically changed campaign finance laws in the U.S. and the influence of big money by corporations with our elections since. If you ever wondered why there are so many political advertisements and who funds many of them, this is the defining case. After this case was decided by a slim 5 to 4 margin, unlimited money from corporations could pour into political campaigns. Before this, campaigns had to depend upon individual contributions from people. The majority for a Supreme Court opinion select one justice to speak on behalf of them. On this occasion, it will be Associate Justice Kennedy. In addition to this audio episode, I also provide several PDF documents: first, a short overview of the case, second, a transcript of Kenney’s speech, third, a concurring and dissenting opinion by Justice Thomas, and finally, a short biography of Kenney. Let us now tune our radio dial to 2010 and listen to Justice Kennedy share a Supreme Court opinion that has changed ever election campaign since. The following links allow you to subscribe: iTunes, Amazon Music/Audible, Castbox.fm, Deezer, Facebook, Gaana, Google Podcast, iHeartRadio, Player.fm, Radio Public, Samsung Listen, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, Twitter. and Vurbl. Automatically available through these podcast apps: Castamatic, iCatcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RSSRadio, and more. Please post comments to the individual episodes at http://historicvoices.org, podcast review and rating section within iTunes and other apps, or email to me. Thanks for listening, David Arendale, [email protected]