Opinion of the Day: Justice John Paul Stevens on Money in Politics

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Justice John Paul Stevens, dissenting, in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission: "While American democracy is imperfect, few outside the majority of this Court would have thought its flaws included a dearth of corporate money in politics."

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