A conservative group wants to promote a critical movie of Hillary Clinton, but they’re facing some legal issues.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to rule on a new challenge to the federal campaign finance law by the group, Citizens United, Reuters reports. The group wanted to broadcast and promote a 90-minute documentary film, "Hillary: The Movie," in January when the New York Democrat was running for president.

“The movie you’ve been waiting for is here and exploding onto the scene! With nearly 40 in-depth interviews with experts, opinion makers and many of the people who personally locked horns with the Clintons, this is the film you need!” says the website promoting the film. “If you want to hear about the Clinton scandals of the past and present, you have it here! ‘Hillary The Movie’ is the first and last word in what the Clintons want America to forget!”

Citizens United — run by David Bossie, a former chief investigator into Clinton’s alleged involvement in the Whitewater scandal — released the film to theaters and for store sales on DVD. The group planned to broadcast the movie on cable television video on-demand, and to pay associated fees.

But a federal court wouldn’t allow it, saying the group had to disclose its donors and include a disclaimer to run its ads. The court also ruled the movie clearly was intended to influence people to vote against Clinton, so it was covered by campaign finance law’s ban on airing ads or "electioneering communications" just before an election. If you watch the trailer below, it’s clearly an attempt to convince voters Clinton shouldn’t be in office.

Citizens United argued the ad for the film is a commercial ad, exempted by Federal Election Commission rules, and that disclosure requirements couldn’t be applied consistent with the First Amendment.

Citizens United also prepared a similar critical film about Obama titled "Hype: The Obama Effect," and it also was released during the campaign.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case at the end of February.

Prominent women in the film include conservative commentator Ann Coulter, National Review’s Washington editor, Kate O’Beirne and Kathleen Willey, a Democratic political activist who alleged President Clinton sexually assaulted her in the Oval Office when she was working as a White House volunteer in 1993. Willey later testified against the president in the Monica Lewinksy trial.

Here’s the movie’s trailer: