Citizens United Back in Court Trying to Change the law

[davidpdx]

in order to promote their anti-Hillary movie. The thing that makes it even worse is they have one about Obama as well (I guess they are equal opportunity haters). Let's hope they get slapped down.

High Court to hear appeal over anti-Clinton movie

By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer Mark Sherman, Associated Press Writer – 52 mins ago

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court will hear an appeal from a conservative group that wanted to promote and air its anti-Hillary Clinton movie without complying with a landmark campaign finance law.

The justices, in an order Friday, said they will review a lower court ruling that Citizens United's "Hillary: The Movie" was clearly intended to influence people to vote against Clinton in her run for the presidency.

A three-judge court in Washington unanimously said the group, which is partly funded by corporations, had to attach a disclaimer and disclose its donors in order to run ads promoting the movie.

James Bopp, Jr., the group's lawyer, has devised repeated legal challenges to the 2003 campaign finance law that sets limits on corporate- and union-funded political ads that run close to elections and identify candidates.

Although the Supreme Court invalidated those restrictions for ads that are not express advocacy, the judges who ruled in this case said the movie could be seen as nothing but anti-Clinton and intended to influence voters.

It was produced solely "to inform the electorate that Sen. Clinton is unfit for office, that the United States would be a dangerous place in a President Hillary Clinton world, and that viewers should vote against her," the judges said in a unanimous ruling.

Bopp said in court papers that the movie is a feature-length documentary film that should not be treated the same as a political ad. It also does not contain an explicit appeal to vote against Clinton, he said.

Citizens United initially hoped to run the television advertisements in key election states during peak primary season. It said it had an offer to air the movie on cable television systems.

Citizens United also produced a film about Barack Obama called "Hype: The Obama Effect" and has said it intends to make similar movies in the future.

Dick Morris, the former pollster for President Bill Clinton, is featured in ads for both movies.

"Hillary is the closest thing we have in America to a European socialist," Morris said in an ad that is part of the court record.

In an ad on the Citizens United Web site for the Obama movie, he said, "He is representative of the ultimate left of the Democratic party."

The case will be argued next year.

The case is Citizens United v. FEC, 08-205.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081114/ap_on_el_pr/scotus_clinton_movie;_ylt=AthCsQm3NBmqNuCLNu5.1rSyFz4D

[Turbineguy]

1. Who knows...

it could become a cult comedy hit.

[bunnies]

2. the next "reefer madness"

:rofl: Man, I love that propaganda - eh - movie.