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		MichaelCrawford on June 20, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How for-profit prisons have become the biggest lob... In general, the Supreme Court regards commercial speech as far, far less protected than those of the press or of individuals.

hga on June 20, 2015 [–]

I don't see that as being at all relevant, since free speech is in the earlier part of the whole amendment, and "petitioning" people in your Government, while obviously a form of speech, is specifically and additionally protected here.

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