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Judges Restrict Anti-Clinton Movie Ads
LasVegas Sun ^ | 16 Jan 08

Posted on 01/17/2008 7:23:07 AM PST by xzins

A conservative group must abide by campaign finance laws if it wants to run ads promoting its anti-Hillary Rodham Clinton movie, a federal court ruled Tuesday.

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

Lawyers for the group had argued its 90-minute "Hillary: The Movie" was no different from documentaries seen on television news shows "60 Minutes" and "Nova." That prompted skepticism and, at one point, outright laughter from the judges during a hearing last week.

Campaign regulations prohibit corporations and unions from paying for ads 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 the Democratic New York senator.

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," U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth wrote.

A similar issue surfaced in 2004, when Citizens United sought to keep filmmaker Michael Moore from advertising "Fahrenheit 9/11" in the run-up to the presidential election. The Federal Election Commission dismissed the complaint after Moore said he had no plans to run the ads during election season.

Citizens United plans to runs its ads in key primary states during election season. The ads 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 _ saying the New York senator is "the closest thing we have in America to a European socialist."

By law, challenges to the campaign finance regulations are considered by a three-judge panel of district and appellate judges in Washington. During last week's hearing, Citizens United drew the most criticism from the panel's two Republican nominees _ Lamberth and Judge A. Raymond Randolph, an appellate judge. U.S. District Judge Richard W. Roberts was a nominee of President Clinton.


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1stamendment; aclumia; activistcourts; campaign; cfr; clinton; clintons2008; freespeech; judicialtyranny; mccainlegacy; nothirdterm
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A conservative group must abide by campaign finance laws if it wants to run ads

Thank you to John McCain and Russ Feingold

1 posted on 01/17/2008 7:23:11 AM PST by xzins
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To: xzins

What First Amendment?


2 posted on 01/17/2008 7:26:37 AM PST by thecabal
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To: xzins

Hmm....but Fakenheit 9/11 was under no such restraint?
I love this two sets of rules garbage.


3 posted on 01/17/2008 7:27:09 AM PST by Right Cal Gal (Remember Billy Dale!!!)
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To: xzins

I hope this gets appealed.


4 posted on 01/17/2008 7:28:49 AM PST by bvw
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To: xzins

Where have I heard that judge’s name before?


5 posted on 01/17/2008 7:30:01 AM PST by doodad
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‘A conservative group must abide by campaign finance laws if it wants to run ads

Thank you to John McCain and Russ Feingold’

And McCain wonders why Republicans won’t vote for him....(eyes rolling)


6 posted on 01/17/2008 7:30:04 AM PST by Badeye (No thanks, Huck, I'm not whitewashing the fence for you this election cycle)
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To: xzins
My blood is starting to boil all over again when I see that POS Lindsey Grahamnesty along side his RINO friend, John McCain.

McCain/Grahamnesty 08' <= RINO dream ticket

7 posted on 01/17/2008 7:30:20 AM PST by lormand (Paultards - The Hemorrhoids of American Politics)
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To: xzins

The judges are correct. But the law is wrong. And the Supreme Court was wrong to uphold its Constitutionality.


8 posted on 01/17/2008 7:30:28 AM PST by sourcery (Fred: Because "united we stand, divided we fall.")
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To: xzins
McWhacked would have made a great head of KGB in old Russia. What a horse's a** he is for pushing thru CFR. Jorge Bush should have vetoed it too. And the Supreme idiots should have struck it down.

But none of those things happened, because freedom is slowly becoming a distant memory here ...

9 posted on 01/17/2008 7:31:27 AM PST by webschooner
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To: xzins

Thank you JOhn McCain you butthead RINO


10 posted on 01/17/2008 7:33:20 AM PST by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: webschooner

“McWhacked” is dead set agains “waterboarding” and any torture of the enemy.....the KGB laughs at him.


11 posted on 01/17/2008 7:33:40 AM PST by tioga
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against


12 posted on 01/17/2008 7:34:31 AM PST by tioga
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To: xzins

And Jorge Bush and SCOTUS for signing and upholding that turd.

Plenty of links in this chain.


13 posted on 01/17/2008 7:34:37 AM PST by SJSAMPLE
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To: xzins

bump


14 posted on 01/17/2008 7:36:44 AM PST by lowbridge
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To: SJSAMPLE

I was thinking the same thing. We have the Congress, President and Supreme Court to blame. They all failed us.


15 posted on 01/17/2008 7:40:59 AM PST by cvq3842
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To: sourcery

President Bush signed the thing, probably because he knew the Senate would probably override a veto. There were THAT many “moderate” Republicans. McCain was their leader and he opposed any iniative that he didn’t support. His desire for power is as great as Hillary’s.


16 posted on 01/17/2008 7:41:14 AM PST by RobbyS
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To: doodad

He was nominated to the federal bench on March 19, 1987 by President Ronald Reagan, and confirmed by the Senate on November 13, 1987


17 posted on 01/17/2008 7:46:31 AM PST by MilspecRob (Most people don't act stupid, they really are.)
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To: doodad

I had the same thought but a google search sheds little light other than he is a conservative judge appointed by Reagan. I thought he played a role in the impeachment but see no evidence.


18 posted on 01/17/2008 7:50:20 AM PST by StarFan
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John McCain: "I would rather have a clean government than one where quote First Amendment rights are being respected, that has become corrupt. If I had my choice, I’d rather have the clean government."
19 posted on 01/17/2008 7:54:40 AM PST by gunservative
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To: SJSAMPLE

Exactly.


20 posted on 01/17/2008 7:59:57 AM PST by freekitty
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