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TOPIC: (August 30, 2009) NY Times: Justices to Revisit "Hillary" Documentary

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Date: Aug 30, 2009

(August 30, 2009) NY Times: Justices to Revisit "Hillary" Documentary	Permalink

The Supreme Court will cut short its summer break in early September to hear a new argument in a momentous case that could transform the way political campaigns are conducted. The case, which arises from a minor political documentary called “Hillary: The Movie,” seemed an oddity when it was first argued in March. Just six months later, it has turned into a juggernaut with the potential to shatter a century-long understanding about the government’s ability to bar corporations from spending money to support political candidates (...)The case involves “Hillary: The Movie,” a mix of advocacy journalism and political commentary that is a relentlessly negative look at Mrs. Clinton’s character and career. The documentary was made by a conservative advocacy group called Citizens United, which lost a lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission seeking permission to distribute it on a video-on-demand service. The film is available on the Internet and on DVD. The issue was that the McCain-Feingold law bans corporate money being used for electioneering. A lower court agreed with the F.E.C.’s position, saying that the sole purpose of the documentary was “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.”At the first Supreme Court argument in March, a government lawyer, answering a hypothetical question, said the government could also make it a crime to distribute books advocating the election or defeat of political candidates so long as they were paid for by corporations and not their political action committees. www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/us/30scotus.html?_r=1&hp __________________ "I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas, but what I decided to do was to fulfill my profession."

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Yikes - I was trying to put entire text in quotes, but someohow this happened! Mods feel free to edit! __________________ "I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas, but what I decided to do was to fulfill my profession."

Hillarysmygirl16

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Date: Aug 30, 2009

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/us/30scotus.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp Seems like the Supreme Court is going to take a second look at Hillary the movie. It seems that the ACL and the Conservative Group Citizens United are on the same side of this issue. I tell you what I bet the Citizens United are kicking themselves now since BO is so much worse then Hillary could ever be. __________________

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