Advertising
Submitted by archangel5 on February 22, 2008
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Advertising is everywhere that can be imagined in today’s society—billboards, television, bus stops, even tattooed across foreheads. There have been numerous law cases that have determined just how far companies can go under the Constitution. This falls under commercial speech, which is defined in the case of Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation v. Public Service Commission of New York as “expression related solely to the economic interests of the speaker and its audience.” Commercial speech, especially relating to hot-button issues such as abortion, alcohol and gambling, is constantly be questioned, regulated, and fought over from the local level all the way to the United States Supreme Court. A tug-of-war ensues between the government, the companies and corporations, and the entire public over what products can be advertised and exactly how companies can go about doing...