Archive | January, 2010

SCOTUSblog » Citizens United v. FEC in plain English

23. January 2010

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By now, you have likely heard the news: The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the government may not keep corporations (and probably, as Lyle reasons in his post yesterday, labor unions) from spending money to support or denounce individual ... Because the First Amendment guarantees the right to free speech , and political spending is one form of that protected speech

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Tobacco Control and Free Speech — An American Dilemma | Health …

13. January 2010

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The Court will also need to address the January 2010 decision by the U.S.

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Tobacco Control and Free Speech — An American Dilemma | Health …

13. January 2010

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The Court will also need to address the January 2010 decision by the U.S. District Court in Kentucky holding that limiting advertisement to a black-and-white tombstone format would represent a violation of commercial free - speech rights. Inevitably, the political context surrounding the current regulatory move will have an effect

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