Which Way, L.A.?
Big Money, Political Influence and the Right to Free Speech
Three weeks before its next session is scheduled to open -- with Justice Sonia Sotomayor on the bench for the first time, the US Supreme Court today heard a case that could change 100 years of campaign finance laws. Last year, the Federal Elections Commission banned the broadcast of Hillary: The Movie , because it was funded by a corporation.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readThree weeks before its next session is scheduled to open -- with Justice Sonia Sotomayor on the bench for the first time, the US Supreme Court today heard a case that could change 100 years of campaign finance laws. Last year, the Federal Elections Commission banned the broadcast of Hillary: The Movie, because it was funded by a corporation. Today's unusual hearing was called for arguments on whether the ban on corporate contributions violates the constitutional right to free speech.
Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
Joan Biskupic
CNN legal analyst, author and Supreme Court biographer;
Bradley Smith
Center for Competitive Politics
Rick Hasen
professor of law and the director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA