I listened to the two oral arguments of Citizens United v. FEC, the first one occurred on March 24, 2009 and the second on September 9, 2009. I had listened to both recordings before, thanks to
Oyez, a law project that grants access to the majority of the Court’s cases, arguments, and opinions to everyone. It was a different experience hearing the then Solicitor General Elena Kagan speak on behalf of the federal government, rather than on the bench as one of the nine justices. Kagan delivered the same fiery disputation as a lawyer as she does as a justice on the court. An important fact is one of the individual’s who argued for Citizens United. Theodore B. Olson represented Citizens United, he was also a solicitor general under President George W. Bush, and he just so happens to represent the Koch Brothers, just two brothers are worth over $100bn.
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