Federal judge rejects Citizens United push to avoid disclosure laws

From The Denver Post:  A federal judge on Monday rejected the conservative group Citizens United’s effort to air a documentary critical of Colorado Democrats without meeting a state law to disclose its donors.

Citizens United argued it fell under protections for media outlets and its “Rocky Mountain Heist” film did not constitute electioneering communications. The organization, whose landmark case before the U.S. Supreme Court softened contribution limits, sought protection in U.S. District Court in Denver to show the film, which the Secretary of State’s Office questioned. Attorney Ted Olson, the former U.S. solicitor general, argued the case but Judge R. Brooke Jackson expressed skepticism.

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