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Practice question: Protected and Unprotected Speech

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Practice question

What did Disini state about commercial speech as a category?
  1. It receives no constitutional protection of any kind.
  2. It receives constitutional protection, although not the same level accorded other protected forms.
  3. It is always immune from every regulation.
  4. It is identical to an offense of theft.
  5. Only advertisements approved by a political party can be speech.

Legal references

  • Disini v. Secretary of Justice, G.R. No. 203335 et al., February 11, 2014, main decision, commercial speech and libel: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2014/feb2014/gr_203335_2014.html

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