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High Court Fails to Decide on Anti-Hillary Movie
The Associated Press
June 29, 2009
The Supreme Court has failed to decide on whether a scathing documentary about Hillary Rodham Clinton that was shown during the presidential race should be regulated as if it were a campaign ad.
The case was expected to be one of the last decisions of the term for the high court, but Chief Justice John Roberts announced that the court would hear arguments again on Sept. 9.
A conservative not-for-profit group wanted to air ads for the movie in Democratic primary states and also make the film available to cable subscribers on demand without complying with federal campaign finance law.
But lower courts have said the movie looked and sounded like a long campaign ad, and therefore should be regulated like one.
At the time of "Hillary: The Movie," the former New York senator was competing with Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination. She is now secretary of state.
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