Court Puts Ad Limits on ‘Hillary: The Movie’

[napi21]

The group, Citizens United, had hoped to run the television advertisements in key election states during peak primary season. The ruling means it must keep its commercials off the air or attach a disclaimer and disclose its donors.

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Campaign regulations prohibit corporations and unions from paying for advertisements that run close to elections and identify candidates. Citizens United argued that the advertisements promoted the movie and should be treated as commercial speech as opposed to advocacy against Mrs. Clinton.

A three-judge panel unanimously disagreed. The film does not address legislative issues and was produced solely “to inform the electorate that Senator 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,” wrote Judge Royce C. Lamberth of Federal District Court.

Citizens United’s commercials include clips from the movie, including one in which Dick Morris — a former adviser to President Bill Clinton who is now a critic of the Clintons — says Mrs. Clinton is “the closest thing we have in America to a European socialist.”


http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/16/us/politics/16ads.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref=slogin

Finally a court supports a Dem!

[Perry Logan]

1. Why, thank you, Mr. Morris.

The people over here say she's a corporatist. You Hillary-bashers really ought to get your story straight.

[JTFrog]

2. When haven't they supported her?

Not many judges they don't have in their pockets at this point.

[napi21]

4. Maybe I'm not awake yet, but I can't remember any court ruling

against a conservative group and in favor of a Dem political candidate. The RW always screams "free speech" and usually wins! I'm not a Hillary supporter, but I'm glad to see these idiots kicked in the butt for a change.

[JTFrog]

6. Most of their court issues aren't even brought to light. Like campaign fraud, etc. Point to a case

where they ruled against Hillary. I bet you won't find one. Bill's come out smelling like roses himself.

[fasttense]

3. And the bush is the closets thing we have in America to a Dictator. n/t

[liberalnurse]

5. Judges practice Justice

I love it when our system works!!!

YES!!!

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. Actually it's a court supporting a corporate politician

which isn't a stretch.

[hlthe2b]

8. It has precedence beyond this one case, one candidate...

So, I would suspend the judicial cynicism. Sometimes, the courts still do what the law requires.

[JTFrog]

9. Exactly. n/t

[deacon]

10. Sounding like the bush years already. n/t

[Gman]

11. 2 of the 3 judges were Republicans

and the third a Democrat.

The movie must be pretty bad if they voted unanimously.