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Commercial Speech
California Governor Newsom speaks at the Clinton Elementary School, in Compton

California Law Requiring Companies To Report Climate-Related Financial Risk Paused

The state has argued that the laws don’t violate the First Amendment because commercial speech isn’t protected the same way under the Constitution.

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Business Groups Ask Supreme Court To Pause California Climate Reporting Laws in Emergency Appeal

The state has argued that the laws don’t violate the First Amendment because commercial speech isn’t protected the same way under the Constitution.

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The second anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, in Washington

Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers Are Looking To Offer Much More Than Ultrasounds and Diapers

The push could get more momentum with Planned Parenthood closing some clinics and considering shuttering others following changes to Medicaid.

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Signage is seen outside of FDA headquarters in White Oak, Maryland

Trump’s Plan for a Drug Advertising Crackdown Faces Many Hurdles

Banning all pharmaceutical ads from TV would have almost certainly been struck down by federal judges, who have long accepted advertising as a First Amendment-protected form of speech.

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Maryland Tax on Digital Ads Violated Big Tech’s Free Speech, Judges Say

The tax focuses on large companies that make money advertising on the internet such as Meta, Google and Amazon, who say they’re being unfairly targeted.

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A Free Speech Case Over a Pastry Shop Painting Goes to Trial

A federal judge in New Hampshire will consider whether a town is infringing on the free speech rights of the bakery owner who’s displaying the mural over his business.

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Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to Graphic Cigarette Warning Labels

Tobacco company R.J. Reynolds appealed to the high court after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the warnings do not violate the First Amendment.

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Clarence Cocroft, owner of Tru Source Medical Cannabis, stands in front of the dispensary in Olive Branch, Mississippi.

Court Agrees With Ban on Medical Marijuana Advertising in Mississippi

A medical marijuana dispensary owner argued that the First Amendment protects the right to advertise because Mississippi law permits the sale of cannabis products to some people.

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