The issue focused on President Obama administration officials and what the government should and should not say about the Supreme Court case that came to be known as Citizens United. Lawyers who sued the administration on behalf of their clients argued that the Justice Department and the Department of Justice should not comment on decisions that the court made as it declined to hear their cases. Lawmakers argued that the judicial branch could make comments without running the risk that lawsuits would be filed.


In a brief published by the U.S. Supreme Court