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September 10, 2009

Supreme Court Justices Indicate Opposition to Corporate Electioneering Restrictions
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Back in the United States, the Supreme Court appears poised to strike
down a key element of campaign finance law restricting corporate
spending in elections. On Wednesday, a majority of the court appeared to
side with arguments that laws against corporate electioneering violate
constitutional protections for free speech. The issue is being tested in
a case brought by the right-wing group Citizens United over its 2007
film Hillary: The Movie, a scathing critique of then-Democratic
presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton. The film was subjected to
marketing and distribution restrictions because it was deemed to have
violated campaign finance laws limiting corporate spending. Striking
down the law would mean overturning two previous Supreme Court rulings
in 1990 and 2003 that upheld the corporate electioneering restrictions.



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