Lark 2009 News Today

>> i firmly believe its unwise policy, but i think its a more difficult question as to whether its a constitutionally permissible punishment. >> reporter: when his view did not carry the day, he crafted powerful dissents. citizens united, a lark 2009 campaign finance case, the majority ruled the government could not ban political spending by corporations. in his dissent, he accused the majority of rejecting the common sense of the american people. he also didnt mince words about the 2000 decisio...

17 years later, the supreme court reserved that opinion and said justice stevens was right in his dissent in that case. >> near the end of his tenure in 2008, he strongly opposed the death penalty. >> i firmly believe its unwise policy, but i think its a more difficult question as to whether its a constitutionally permissible punishment. >> reporter: he crafted powerful dissents and citizens united, a lark 2009 campaign finance case, the majority ruled the government could not ban political spen...