JB 4163 — FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:
Commercial Speech
Know the definitions and rules. Be able to correctly recognize and apply them in hypothetical situations.
- Why allow less First Amendment protection for commercial speech than for political speech?
- What are the differences between the way political and commercial speech are treated?
- Which commercial speech receives no First Amendment?
- Know the legal rules from each of the following cases. Explain how and why the level of First Amendment protection for commercial speech has changed in the cases.
- Valentine v. Chrestensen (1942)
- Times v. Sullivan (1964)
- Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Council (1976)
- Central Hudson Gas & Electric Co. v. Public Service Commission of New York
(1980)
- SUNY v. Fox (1989)
- Posadas de Puerto Rico v. Puerto Rican Tourism Co. (1986)
- 44 Liquormart, Inc. v. Rhode Island (1996)
- Greater New Orleans Broadcasting Assoc. v. U.S. (1999)
- Know the four-part Central Hudson test (as modified by SUNY v. Fox (1989)).
- Did 44 Liquormart (1996) overturn Posadas (1986)? Why or why not?
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