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>> i firmly believe it's unwise policy, but i think it's a more difficult question as to whether it's 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 didn't mince words about the 2000 decision that cleared the way for george w. bush's presidency, writing, quote, the identity of the lose...

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 it's unwise policy, but i think it's a more difficult question as to whether it's 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 spending by corporations. in his dissent, he accused the majority of rejecting the common sense of th...