Radiolab | Citizens United | Radiolab Presents: More Perfect Podcast | Season 2 Episode 3 @Radiolabpod | Uploaded May 2022 | Updated October 2024, 17 minutes ago.
We take a strange trip into the mind of Justice Anthony Kennedy to try to understand his decision in Citizens United, one of the most polarizing Supreme Court cases ever.

Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission is one of the most polarizing Supreme Court cases of all time. So what is it actually about, and why did the Justices decide the way they did? Justice Anthony Kennedy, often called the “most powerful man in America,” wrote the majority opinion in the case. In this episode, we examine Kennedy’s singular devotion to the First Amendment and look at how it may have influenced his decision in the case.

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Illustration by Mitch Boyer of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Anthony Kennedy.
Video by Michael Snyder, Kim Nowacki and Andrea Latimer.