LGST 101 Chapter 10: Constitutional Laws - Cases I
30 Sep 2015
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Brief fact summary: citizens united created a documentary aimed at senator clinton during the 2008 race and ran ads to urge others to order it on-demand to watch. Synopsis of rule of law: congress may not ban political speech based on a speaker"s corporate identity. Facts: citizens united is a nonprofit organization with a 12 million budget. Some of its funding comes from for- profit corporations. This organization created a 90 minute documentary named hillary, which names hillary clinton and shows interview and political commentators all who urged voters to not vote for hillary. The organization first released the movie in theaters and then on dvd. Afterwards the organization produced two 10-second ads and one. 30-second ad promoting viewers to order the documentary on-demand. A negative statement about hillary is made and then information on how to find the website is given. This movie is basically a feature-length negative advertisement against hillary.
