At the time, he was arguing that a hyperbolic film attacking Hillary Clinton, who was running for president, deserved the same First Amendment protection as newscasts aired by CBS’s 60 Minutes. The film, a screed called Hillary: The Movie, had been produced by Citizens United, an old right-wing group with a history of making vicious campaign ads. The question, as the Supreme Court interpreted it, was whether Hillary: The Movie was a protected form of speech or a corporate political donation by its backers, which could be regulated as a campaign donation.
