Glenn Greenwald: What the Supreme Court got right (Flashback)

[AnotherMcIntosh]

50. The support by Greenwald, the ACLU, Eliot Spitzer, and others was not unconditional.

Greenwald clearly stated: "I’m deeply ambivalent about the court’s ruling" and added "There are several dubious aspects of the majority’s opinion ..."

His view that speech should not be curtailed by Congress is certainly consistent with the well known views of Justice Black and Justice Douglas. His view is also consistent with that of Eliot Spitzer who expressed his opposition to the restriction upon speech while pointing out that "The McCain-Feingold statute excluded "media companies" from its limitations" and therefore was not applicable to Fox News (a corporation which essentially engages in electioneering communications) which bombards the airwaves with political rhetoric every day.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_best_policy/2009/09/let_citizens_united_speak.html

What's the difference between the established positions taken by Justices Black and Douglas, and the positions taken by the ACLU and Eliot Spitzer versus Glenn Greenwald?

Is there any difference other than the fact that the former parties have not criticized President Obama's actions while Greenwald sometimes has?

Greenwald said that he was in favor of the First Amendment. To the extent that the Supreme Court made a ruling consistent with the First Amendment, Greenwald said that he was in favor of that aspect of the Court's ruling. (The Supreme Court is not particularly liberal. But as is sometimes said, even a broken clock can be right twice a day.) Greenwald never said that he was in favor of all aspects of the Court's ruling.

The fact that Greenwald has sometimes criticized certain actions of President Obama which cannot be considered liberal or progressive does not mean that Greenwald is the Devil with horns.