Heh, with a little luck maybe this will overturn that un-Constitutional piece of sh-t,
McCain-Feingold. One can only hope.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D974HO0O3&show_article=1
Government lawyers argued that conservative group Citizens United's 90-minute documentary "Hillary: The Movie" is a political ad just like traditional one-minute or 30-second spots and therefore regulated by the McCain-Feingold law, the popular name for 2002 revisions to the nation's campaign finance laws.
Arguing that a movie and a campaign ad are the same could have adverse consequences for the McCain-Feingold law, Justice Anthony Kennedy said. "If we think that the application of this to a 90-minute film is unconstitutional, then the whole statute should fall," Kennedy said.
Citizens United wanted to pay for its documentary "Hillary: The Movie" to be shown on home video-on-demand, and for ads promoting the movie to be shown in key states while the former New York senator was competing with President Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Federal judges, however, said the movie should be regulated by the McCain-Feingold law.
But if the federal government can treat a movie like a political advertisement, then why not books, the justices asked.
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