Hillary: The Movie

The Future of Free Political Speech

Last month In March, the Supreme Court heard the case Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission, in which the FEC banned the showing the film Hillary: The Movie, an attack piece on Hillary Clinton, shortly before last year's elections. Under McCain-Feingold campaign finance legislation, that type of regulation is currently backed by law.

The Court will release its decision in the next few weeks, which will hopefully turn McCain-Feingold on its head.

If the FEC can ban a movie under the first amendment, what other kinds of speech can the government get away with censoring? The experts here say even books could be next. The question is, where should we draw the line? Or, when it comes to speech, should we draw the line at all?

This video sheds some light on the case, and examines what might happen if the Supreme Court rules in favor of the FEC.

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