Hi everybody Cheryl Ackison here.

Welcome to another edition of Full Measure After Hours.

Today we're going to talk about an important Supreme Court decision, now 10 years old, Citizens United.

It may be among the most unpopular decisions ever.

Well, I have some surprising facts about the police. the most unpopular decisions ever.

Well, I have some surprising facts about the political money

cases liberal origins and how both supporters and opponents of the

decision now agree it did not end up having the impact that most people

predicted it would. Joining me is another one of our fantastic producers Daniel Steinberger.

Hello Daniel.

Hey good to be with you again. It's been a few weeks.

Yeah. I think we both learned a lot about Citizens United.

My friends have talked about this for years in almost a

universally negative way but then when asked they don't know a whole lot about it and

when I read the case I read it twice I didn't fully understand it had you ever dug into Citizens

United no I think I hadn't and I think I think you're right I think a lot of people

think of it in negative terms.

They have an opinion about it.

And I'm not sure.

I have an opinion about it one way or the other, not that it matters, but I think, yeah,

I think in general, I think people think it means big corporate money impacting elections and I think that's the

general like you know one-line consensus of the way a lot of people think about it.

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