Commercial Speech is a type of legal term that a company or individual is intended to make a profit from the audience. It is usually to convince the audience to take a certain action or buy a particular product. The first commercial speech court case was in 1942 called the Valentine v. Chrestensen and it provided the foundation of the commercial speech doctrine. Chrestensen was an owner of world war one submarine and it was located on the state pier on East River in NYC. He created pamphlets to advertise his exhibit and charged an admission fee. The Police warned him that it was violating the Sanitary Code and he could only use handbills for only information or public protest use only. Chrestensen protested against the City Dock by going around …show more content…
citizens are treated equally and have the same protection under the law and be given due process. Every person is to be treated the same, dispute race, wealth, sex, religion, etc. Also, every individual should be protected by the same law and deserves to receive the same due process of law. For example the four part Hudson Test would also be considered protection under the 14th amendment.

2) Not many cases for Commercial speech was denied, but there was a case called Members of City Council V. Taxpayers for Vincent. The city of L.A. had a municipal code that helped with the ongoing issue of visual clutter. The code stated to not post any signs or any sort of material on the utility poles. The taxpayers known as the people who were trying to advertise Vincent for election kept posting signs on the utility poles because the police removed them. The taxpayers filed them to court, but the court agreed with the City Council because the code did not violate any rights. The code was narrowly tailored and L.A. had a reasonable objection because of asetheitc values. Also stating the first amendment does not automatically guranteed government property because the Government owns or controls the