Practice question
A regulator accepts that commercial speech receives constitutional protection but argues that it therefore must receive exactly the same level as every other form of expression. Which response reflects Disini?
- All advertisements are wholly outside expression
- Every advertisement is immune from every regulation
- Commercial purpose automatically proves libel
- There can be no distinction in any constitutional protection
- Commercial speech is protected but the decision recognizes a different level of protection from other constitutionally guaranteed expression
Legal references
- Disini v. Secretary of Justice, G.R. No. 203335 et al., February 11, 2014, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2014/feb2014/gr_203335_2014.html
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