Bill Moyers Journal (2007-2010); Floyd Abrams and Trevor Potter; Moyers on the Health Care Debate

September 4, 2009

Next week, the Supreme Court reconvenes early for a special hearing on the constitutionality of campaign finance limits for corporations and unions. Bill Moyers sits down with Trevor Potter, president and general counsel of The Campaign Legal Center, and Floyd Abrams, a partner and member of the executive committee at Cahill, Gordon and Reindel. Potter has defended McCain-Feingold in the lower and Supreme Courts, and served as general counsel to Senator John McCain's presidential campaigns in 2000 and 2008. Abrams is a liberal litigator who has defended the First Amendment in several high profile cases, and contends that corporations and unions have the same right to free speech as individuals. BILL MOYERS JOURNAL -- Award-winning public affairs journalist Bill Moyers hosts this weekly series filled with fresh and original voices. Each hour-long broadcast features analysis of current issues and interviews with prominent figures from the worlds of arts and entertainment, religion, science, politics and the media.