Monday, May 14, 2012

So-Called ‘Moderate’ Justice Anthony Kennedy Was The Driving Force Behind Citizens United

So-Called ‘Moderate’ Justice Anthony Kennedy Was The Driving Force Behind Citizens United: Over at the New Yorker, Jeffrey Toobin has a lengthy and excellent piece recounting the history the Supreme Court’s election-buying decision in Citizens United. Toobin frames the piece at the tale of conservative Chief Justice John Roberts’ strategic triumph over more than a hundred years of regulation limiting big money’s influence on politics. Nevertheless, the [...]/p