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Today's Special: A Smorgasbord of Citizens United Coverage

By Liz Kurtz

Has coverage of yesterday's Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (PDF) got your feed burner feeling a bit ... well, overfed? Can't quite find the time to read Justice Kennedy's 57-page majority opinion, Justice Stevens' 90-page dissent, or the assorted concurring and dissenting ruminations of Justices Roberts, Scalia and Thomas -- but still need to be well-armed for your weekend cocktail chatter? Fear not: On the menu today at Legal Blog Watch is a more manageable serving of notable Citizens United news. Think of it as a buffet, from which you can sample at your leisure. Please, just remember to use the tongs. As noted in this piece in The Washington Post (which provides an overview of the Court's ruling), yesterday's decision "prompted sharp partisan reaction[s]," including a response from President Obama (who released a statement lambasting the Court's action). While all parties seem to agree that the decision "shakes the foundation of corporate limitations on federal and state elections that stretch back a century," the consensus ends there. The WSJ Law Blog took a moment to wonder how much Citizens United "is really going to change state and federal elections," but, elsewhere in the blawgosphere,...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on January 22, 2010 (boomark / email).