Writing in the Wall Street Journal, the Heritage Foundation’s Hans von Spakovsky argues that pornography has more legal protections nowadays than political speech, and he cites a familiar face to make his point:
Criticizing a candidate for public office can get you into a great deal of trouble in America these days. Just ask Citizens United, a conservative nonprofit that a D.C. district court ruled in violation of the McCain-Feingold campaign-finance law when it produced a critical, 90-minute documentary about Hillary Clinton during last year’s presidential campaign.
The D.C. court ruled that “Hillary: The Movie” was a form of “express advocacy” and therefore, under the rules of McCain-Feingold, could not receive direct corporate funding (the law requires all corporate campaign contributions be made through political action committees).
