{"id":1981,"date":"2018-04-05T12:33:08","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T18:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/?p=1981"},"modified":"2026-01-04T13:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T20:35:09","slug":"free-speech-commercial-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/free-speech-commercial-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Speech in Commercial Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/free-speech-commercial-speech\/#Free_Speech_in_Commercial_Speech\" >Free Speech in Commercial Speech<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/free-speech-commercial-speech\/#Landmark_Court_Cases_on_Commercial_Speech\" >Landmark Court Cases on Commercial Speech<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/free-speech-commercial-speech\/#Colorado_Consumer_Protection_Act\" >Colorado Consumer Protection Act<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/free-speech-commercial-speech\/#CRS_6-1-105_Deceptive_trade_practices_partial_list\" >CRS 6-1-105.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Deceptive\u00a0 trade\u00a0 practices. (partial list)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/free-speech-commercial-speech\/#Enforcement_of_CCPA\" >Enforcement of CCPA<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/free-speech-commercial-speech\/#CRS_6-1-113_Damages\" >CRS 6-1-113. Damages.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/free-speech-commercial-speech\/#Local_Laws_on_Commercial_Speech\" >Local Laws on Commercial Speech<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/free-speech-commercial-speech\/#Federal_Laws_on_Commercial_Speech\" >Federal Laws on Commercial Speech<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/free-speech-commercial-speech\/#Spam_Email\" >Spam Email<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/free-speech-commercial-speech\/#Online_Customer_Reviews\" >Online Customer Reviews<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/free-speech-commercial-speech\/#BBB_Code_of_Advertising\" >BBB Code of Advertising<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/free-speech-commercial-speech\/#Advertising_Law_Compliance\" >Advertising Law Compliance<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Free_Speech_in_Commercial_Speech\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5686\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/free-speech-commercial-speech-320x200.jpg\" alt=\"free speech commercial speech\" width=\"320\" height=\"200\" \/>Free Speech in Commercial Speech<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/u-s-constitution-bill-of-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Bill of Rights<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, the <strong>First Amendment<\/strong> to the <strong>U.S. Constitution<\/strong> protects the right of <strong>free speech<\/strong> and other rights.\u00a0 It reads, in part, <em><strong>Congress shall make no law &#8230; abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 Court rulings provide different protections for <strong>political speech<\/strong> and <strong>commercial speech<\/strong>.<em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The First Amendment only restricts <strong>government<\/strong> actions to limit or <strong>censor<\/strong> free speech.\u00a0 Private individuals or businesses may <strong>regulate<\/strong> speech of anyone under their authority, such as employees, agents, shoppers, customers, website, forum or blog users, or visitors on <strong>private property<\/strong>.\u00a0 Not all public property is a <strong>public forum<\/strong>.\u00a0 For example: the lobby of the <strong>post office<\/strong> is for conducting postal business, not for making political speeches or disturbing or <strong>soliciting<\/strong> customers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Commercial speech<\/strong>\u00a0is used by individuals and businesses for the purpose of making a profit, by marketing, promotion, <strong>advertising<\/strong>, sales and soliciting.\u00a0 It has less protection than <strong>political speech<\/strong>, which is the expression of thoughts, ideas and opinions regarding <strong>government<\/strong> policies, laws, officials, candidates, and <strong>social issues<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Free speech does not protect <strong>defamation<\/strong>, false statements that may damage the reputation of a person or business, true threats,\u00a0inflammatory\u00a0<strong>fighting words<\/strong> that are\u00a0either injurious by themselves or might cause the hearer to immediately <strong>retaliate<\/strong> or breach the peace, inciting imminent lawless action, or an <strong>invasion of privacy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"left\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Landmark_Court_Cases_on_Commercial_Speech\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5688\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/first-amendment-free-speech-240x200.jpg\" alt=\"first amendment free speech\" width=\"240\" height=\"200\" \/>Landmark Court Cases on Commercial Speech<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Before <strong><i>Bigelow v. Virginia<\/i><\/strong> in 1975, the <strong>Supreme Court<\/strong> ruled that commercial speech had <strong>no protection<\/strong> under the First Amendment, and governments could regulate it at will.\u00a0 Since then, commercial speech has gained protection, but governments still have authority to restrict it, if regulation furthers a substantial interest, such as protecting consumers from <strong>fraud<\/strong>, lies and <strong>deception<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"left\">In <strong><i>Central Hudson Gas &amp; Electric<\/i><\/strong>, 1980, the <strong>Supreme Court<\/strong> devised a <strong>four-factor test<\/strong> to determine when commercial speech would receive First Amendment protection:<br \/>\n(1) commercial speech must concern lawful activity and not be misleading.<br \/>\n(2) the asserted governmental interest must be substantial.<br \/>\n(3) the regulation directly advances the asserted governmental interest, and<br \/>\n(4) the regulation is no more extensive than necessary to serve that interest.<br \/>\n(see <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1434463\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Making Sense of Hybrid (Commercial) Speech<\/a><\/span>, Neel Sukhatme, Harvard Law Review, 2005)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1983, in <strong><i>Bolger v. Youngs Drug Products Corp.<\/i><\/strong> <span id=\"5fc7794b-d9c6-48f5-b5e3-72dbaa009c7c\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\"><span id=\"6e1631bb-c012-4d8f-8ff7-aa8a0066f91a\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\"><span id=\"3e37966a-f21b-4430-9f29-bfb3f234f76f\" class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\">the<\/span><\/span><\/span> Supreme Court articulated that commercial speech has three characteristics:<br \/>\n(1) It is an <strong>advertisement<\/strong> of some form,<br \/>\n(2) it refers to a <strong>specific product<\/strong>, and<br \/>\n(3) the speaker has an <strong>economic motivation<\/strong> for the speech.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Commercial speech must follow many laws, rules, regulations, business and industry ethics codes, and socially accepted practices, that do not apply to <strong>political speech<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While <strong>political candidates<\/strong> might lie, mislead or deceive voters to get a vote, a business may not lie, mislead or deceive consumers to make a sale.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Colorado_Consumer_Protection_Act\"><\/span>Colorado Consumer Protection Act<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>See <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stopfraudcolorado.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/CCPA%20-%202015%20Update.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colorado Consumer Protection Act<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <b>Colorado Consumer Protection\u00a0Act<\/b> (<strong>CCPA<\/strong>), CRS 6-1-101 et seq., regulates commercial speech to protect <strong>consumers<\/strong> and <strong>competitors<\/strong>.\u00a0 It is enforced by the <strong>Colorado Attorney General<\/strong> and the Colorado district attorneys.\u00a0 Civil charges for damages may also be brought by consumers or competitors against violators.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some CCPA provisions include:<br \/>\nCRS 6-1-102 (1) &#8220;<strong>Advertisement<\/strong>&#8221; includes the attempt by publication, dissemination, solicitation, or circulation, visual, oral, or written, to induce directly or indirectly any person to enter into any obligation or to acquire any title or interest in any property.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">CRS 6-1-102 (8) &#8220;<strong>Property<\/strong>&#8221; means any real or personal property, or both real and personal property, intangible property, or services.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">CRS 6-1-102 (10) &#8220;<strong>Sale<\/strong>&#8221; means any sale, offer for sale, or attempt to sell any real or personal property for any consideration.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"CRS_6-1-105_Deceptive_trade_practices_partial_list\"><\/span><strong>CRS 6-1-105.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Deceptive\u00a0 trade\u00a0 practices. (partial list)<br \/>\n<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(1) A person engages in a <strong>deceptive trade practice<\/strong> when, in the course of such person&#8217;s business, vocation, or occupation, such person:<br \/>\n(c) Knowingly makes a <strong>false representation<\/strong> as to affiliation, connection, or association with or certification by another;<br \/>\n(e)\u00a0 Knowingly makes a <strong>false representation<\/strong> as to the characteristics, ingredients, uses,\u00a0 benefits, alterations, or quantities of goods, food, services, or property or a false\u00a0 representation as to the sponsorship, approval, status, affiliation, or connection of a person therewith;<br \/>\n(g)\u00a0 Represents that goods, food, services, or property are of a <strong>particular standard<\/strong>, quality,\u00a0 or grade, or that goods are of a <strong>particular style<\/strong> or model, if he knows or should know that they are of another;<br \/>\n(p)\u00a0 <strong>Solicits door-to-door<\/strong> as a seller, unless the seller, within <strong>thirty seconds<\/strong> after\u00a0 beginning the conversation, identifies himself or herself, whom he or she represents, and the purpose of the call;<br \/>\n(u)\u00a0 Fails to disclose\u00a0 <strong>material\u00a0 information<\/strong> concerning\u00a0 goods, services, or property which information was known at the time of an advertisement or sale if such failure to disclose\u00a0 such information was intended to induce the consumer to enter into a transaction;<br \/>\n(cc) Engages in any commercial <strong>telephone solicitation<\/strong> which constitutes an unlawful telemarketing practice as defined in section 6-1-304;<br \/>\n(2) Evidence that a person has engaged in a <strong>deceptive trade practice<\/strong> shall be <strong>prima facie evidence<\/strong> of <strong>intent<\/strong> to injure competitors and to destroy or substantially lessen competition.<br \/>\n(3) The deceptive trade practices listed in this section are in addition to and do not limit\u00a0 the\u00a0 types of <strong>unfair trade practices<\/strong> actionable at <strong>common law<\/strong> or under other statutes of this state.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Enforcement_of_CCPA\"><\/span>Enforcement of CCPA<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>attorney general<\/strong> or <strong>district attorney<\/strong> has authority to investigate a potential violation of CCPA, conduct a hearing, promulgate rules for enforcement, request or demand sworn testimony from witnesses, reports, documents, and records. They may initiate an action in <strong>district court<\/strong> to obtain a temporary restraining order or an <strong>injunction<\/strong> to stop the deceptive trade practice and seek <strong>restitution<\/strong> to any person injured in the process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The violator may be required to pay the costs of the investigation and legal proceedings, restitution to any injured persons, and a <strong>civil penalty<\/strong> of up to <strong>$2,000<\/strong> for each consumer or transaction involved, up to <strong>$500,000<\/strong>.\u00a0 Violations against an <strong>elderly person<\/strong>, over 60 years of age, may result in a civil penalty of up to <strong>$10,000<\/strong> for each violation.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"CRS_6-1-113_Damages\"><\/span>CRS 6-1-113. Damages.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Any consumer or competitor injured by a deceptive trade practice may bring a <strong>civil action<\/strong> seeking the greater of actual damages, <strong>$500<\/strong>, or three times actual damages, if <strong>bad faith conduct<\/strong> is shown, plus costs and attorney fees.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Local_Laws_on_Commercial_Speech\"><\/span>Local Laws on Commercial Speech<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Local governments may also enforce laws regulating commercial speech.\u00a0 <strong>Zoning regulations<\/strong> create commercial, industrial, agricultural, residential and mixed-use zones.\u00a0 Operating or advertising a <strong>commercial business<\/strong> or parking a commercial vehicle in a residential zone may be prohibited by local ordinance, <strong>deed restrictions<\/strong> or by <strong>neighborhood covenants<\/strong> or <strong>HOA<\/strong> rules.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Soliciting laws may prohibit <strong>door to door<\/strong> <strong>soliciting<\/strong>.\u00a0 Residents and businesses may post <strong>No Soliciting<\/strong>, <strong>No Flyers<\/strong>, or <strong>No Trespassing<\/strong> signs on <strong>private property<\/strong>.\u00a0 Businesses may prohibit unauthorized <strong>commercial advertising<\/strong> or soliciting of their customers in or on the premises or <strong>parking lot<\/strong>, or require written permission for soliciting by a few approved non-profit organizations such as the <strong>Girl Scouts<\/strong> or <strong>Salvation Army<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vendors do not have a right of commercial speech to advertise on someone else&#8217;s private property without <strong>permission<\/strong>.\u00a0 See the rules, terms, and conditions posted on site or on the business website.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Federal_Laws_on_Commercial_Speech\"><\/span>Federal Laws on Commercial Speech<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>Federal Trade\u00a0<\/strong><b>Commission<\/b>\u00a0(<strong>FTC<\/strong>) enforces <strong>truth in advertising<\/strong> regulations protecting consumers from false, misleading, deceptive or unfair commercial advertising and business practices.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Spam_Email\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5299\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/stop-spam_100X100.jpg\" alt=\"stop spam\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/>Spam Email<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Federal and state laws regulate <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/colorado-spam-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>spam<\/strong><\/a><\/span> email, <strong>unsolicited commercial email (UCE)<\/strong>.\u00a0 Do not send spam email or post spam in online forums, groups, blogs, comments or contact forms.\u00a0 Follow terms of use for websites, email, forums, groups and blogs.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Online_Customer_Reviews\"><\/span>Online Customer Reviews<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Do not engage in any practice of posting false, deceptive, <strong>defamatory<\/strong>, misleading or half-truth customer reviews, testimonials, endorsements, affiliations, credentials or awards.\u00a0 Tell the whole truth.\u00a0 Follow the business website rules and the rules for customer reviews and testimonial websites. Violating the <strong>terms of use<\/strong> may result in a <strong>breach of contract<\/strong> or <strong>defamation<\/strong> lawsuit.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"BBB_Code_of_Advertising\"><\/span>BBB Code of Advertising<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">See BBB <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbb.org\/code-of-advertising\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Code of Advertising<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Whether your business is a member of the Better Business Bureau (BBB) or not, it is good practice to follow their <strong>Code of Advertising<\/strong> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbb.org\/all\/bbb-accreditation-standards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>ethical business standards<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Advertising_Law_Compliance\"><\/span>Advertising Law Compliance<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Part of a business <strong>marketing plan<\/strong> should include a <strong>legal review<\/strong> by an <strong>attorney<\/strong> or <strong>compliance<\/strong> officer, to check that marketing, advertising, email, and soliciting messages and delivery methods are in compliance with all relevant laws, rules, regulations, codes, terms and conditions, to avoid fines, lawsuits and reputation damage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Disclaimer<\/strong>: Laws and regulations vary by city and state and are subject to change.\u00a0 This article is not to be used or considered as legal advice.\u00a0 For legal advice, contact a\u00a0licensed, experienced attorney.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Visit our website for\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/mobile-notary\/\" data-slimstat-async=\"false\" data-slimstat-callback=\"false\" data-slimstat-tracking=\"false\" data-slimstat-type=\"2\" data-slimstat-clicked=\"false\">Colorado Springs Mobile Notary<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0services or\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/colorado-notary-training\/\" data-slimstat-async=\"false\" data-slimstat-callback=\"false\" data-slimstat-tracking=\"false\" data-slimstat-type=\"2\" data-slimstat-clicked=\"false\">Colorado Notary Training<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>classes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free Speech in Commercial Speech In the Bill of Rights, the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects the right of free speech and other rights.\u00a0 It reads, in part, Congress shall make no law &#8230; abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.\u00a0 Court rulings provide different protections for political speech and commercial speech. 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