What a a HOOT---lookie a this---Judges Pan Anti-Clinton Documentary As Campaign Advertising

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4023251, What a hoot--lookie at THIS
Posted by rodeodance on Thu Jan-10-08 12:21 PM

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Judges: Anti-Clinton film is advertising

Judges Pan Anti-Clinton Documentary As Campaign Advertising

MATT APUZZO
AP News

Jan 10, 2008 12:26 EST

The early reviews are in, and three federal judges appeared in agreement Wednesday that a movie lambasting Hillary Clinton seemed an awful lot like a 90-minute campaign advertisement.

.....Attorney James Bopp argued that they should be considered "issue-oriented" speech because viewers aren't urged to vote for or against the Democrat.

"What's the issue?" asked Judge A. Raymond Randolph, a federal appeals judge sitting on a mixed panel to review the case.

"That Hillary Clinton is a European Socialist," Bopp replied. "That is an issue."

"Which has nothing to do with her campaign?" U.S District Judge Royce C. Lamberth interjected.

"Not specifically, no," Bopp replied.........


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