HILLARY CLINTON - SUUPREME COURT REJECTS APPEAL ON ADS FOR ANTI-HILLARY FILM

The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal by a conservative group that claims that its free speech rights were violated by recent laws requiring that political ads include a political disclaimer and disclosure of those paying for them. The group, Citizens United, had produced a film about Hillary Clinton called Hillary: the Movie that it wanted to show on television and reportedly is working on a follow-up film about Barack Obama. It had taken the matter directly to the high court after a thre e-judge panel in January ruled that their movie "is susceptible of no other interpretation than 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 t hat viewers should vote against her." The movie already is being distributed on DVD and ads for it are posted online at www.hillarythemovie.com.

25/03/2008