The Supreme Court’s weakened support for the McCain-Feingold campaign law seemed to slip further Tuesday as the justices debated whether an anti-Hillary Clinton movie released during the 2008 presidential campaign should be regulated as a campaign advertisement or protected under the First Amendment.

Justices seemed divided about the complex issue during oral argument in the case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, brought by a conservative group that produced “Hillary: The Movie” while she was a candidate for president.

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