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===Citizens United=== [[File:David Bossie by Gage Skidmore 4.jpg|right|thumb|Bossie speaking about Citizens United at the 2013 CPAC in National Harbor, Maryland.]] During his tenure at [[Citizens United (organization)|Citizens United]], which he had joined as a researcher after [[Bill Clinton]] was elected in 1992,<ref>{{cite news|title= Trump's new hire David Bossie has decades-long history attacking Clintons|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/03/citizens-united-david-bossie-trump-campaign|last=Gambino|first=Lauren|date=September 3, 2016|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> the organization focused increasingly on producing [[film documentaries]] through its [[Citizens United (organization)#Documentaries|Citizens United Productions]] division. Their films have included: *''[[Border War: The Battle Over Illegal Immigration]]'' *''[[Celsius 41.11]]'' *''[[Rediscovering God in America]]'', hosted by Newt and [[Callista Gingrich]] *''[[Hillary: The Movie]]'' *''[[Occupy Unmasked]]'' Citizens United hoped to begin distribution of the feature film ''[[Hillary: The Movie]]'' in January or February 2008. The [[Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act]] of 2002 made that an unlawful electioneering communication.<ref>{{cite court |litigants=Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission |vol=558 |reporter=U.S. |opinion=310 |court=[[Supreme Court of the United States]] |date=2010 |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/08-205.ZO.html |access-date=March 28, 2019 |quote=For the same reasons we uphold the application of BCRA Β§Β§201 and 311 to the ads, we affirm their application to Hillary . We find no constitutional impediment to the application of BCRA's disclaimer and disclosure requirements to a movie broadcast via video-on-demand. And there has been no showing that, as applied in this case, these requirements would impose a chill on speech or expression.}}</ref> They sued, unsuccessfully, for an [[injunction]] to prohibit the [[Federal Election Commission]] from enforcement of those provisions of BCRA on [[First Amendment]] grounds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://moneyline.cq.com/flatfiles/editorialFiles/moneyLine/reference/20080115hillary.pdf|access-date=January 21, 2012|title=Memorandum Opinion, ''Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission''|id=Civil Action No. 07-2240|author=U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia|author-link=U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia|date=January 15, 2008}}</ref> In a 2010 [[landmark decision]], the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] decided ''[[Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission]]'' for Citizens United. [[For-profit corporation]]s and [[not-for-profit corporation]]s may now advertise and broadcast messages of a political nature without limits on how much they can spend and with few limits on the timing and nature of the messages.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/01/19/us/politics/0120-scotus-campaign.html|title=Changes in the Way Corporations Can Finance Campaign|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 21, 2010}}</ref>
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