17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Excerpts from internet.cypherpunks: 15-Mar-96 Re: FCC-type Regulation of .. by jamesd@echeque.com
Bill Frantz wrote:
Political speech, not commercial speech. The act doesn't apply or is unconstitutional.
I see: The bill of rights reads: "Congress shall make no law [...] abridging the freedom of *political* speech". Never knew that until now.
Thanks for clarifying. Now I know that Congress can pass a law muzzling the New York Times Co., Inc. More seriously, society accepts greater limitations on commercial speech, and I don't find them nearly as odious as I do ones that restrict political speech. -Declan