Was “Hillary: The Movie” wrongly censored?
We read:
"The US Supreme Court takes up a closely watched case on Tuesday examining when a documentary film may violate election law and become an illegal form of campaign advocacy.
The case centers on a Federal Election Commission (FEC) decision last year to block pay-per-view broadcasts of a 90-minute film called Hillary: The Movie, which presents a negative assessment of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s record as a senator and first lady. The film was produced by Citizens United, a Washington-based conservative group.
The justices are being asked to decide whether the FEC’s action was unconstitutional government censorship that violated the documentary producers’ free speech rights.”
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Another attempt to over-ride the 1st Amendment. It was successful too. The election is over so the court cannot now redress the wrong done.
4 comments:
Funny how a liberal documentary is free speech while a conservative one is political speech. I hope SCOTUS rules correctly.
Aside that, I saw the "Hillary: The Movie." It was boring, I usually like Citizens United, but they got to be more entertaining when they make movies.
LOL. Welcome to Amerika.
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"The election is over so the court cannot now redress the wrong done."
Why not? How about a creative ruling like requiring all broadcasters to air the movie? Then let the general public decide.
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