Supreme Court decision on Citizens United brings to forefront two views of First Amendment
The Supreme Court’s majority opinion written by Justice Kennedy and the dissent by Justice Stevens shows contrasting views of the First Amendment, one, that untrammeled free speech will eventually produce good results in a democracy, and, two, that free speech must sometimes be regulated to produce the free flow of ideas so essential to a flourishing democractic society. -db The New York Times Analysis February 1, 2010 By Stanley Fish Citizens United v. Federal Election