Comments on: Martin Redish: “Commercial Speech and the Values of Free Expression” https://www.overlawyered.com/2017/07/martin-redish-commercial-speech-values-free-expression/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sat, 08 Jul 2017 16:38:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: Boblipton https://www.overlawyered.com/2017/07/martin-redish-commercial-speech-values-free-expression/comment-page-1/#comment-346242 Sat, 08 Jul 2017 16:38:04 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=65246#comment-346242 I think that Niemoller offers enough justification. If we do nothing when they limit your free speech, by the time they get around to mine, there will be no one left to speak.

Bob

]]> By: Canvasback https://www.overlawyered.com/2017/07/martin-redish-commercial-speech-values-free-expression/comment-page-1/#comment-346241 Sat, 08 Jul 2017 15:52:25 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=65246#comment-346241 “Most, although not all, scholars believe that protecting commercial speech trivializes what the First Amendment is truly about,” endangers vigorous regulation, and risks diluting the strong protection traditionally given to more valuable areas of expression.”

I’m not much on history. Was that Marx, Engels, or Lenin?
The value of commercial speech? It is a beautiful bog that even vigorous regulation has been unable to dry up. It’s out of the control of the political wannabes. They can’t stand that part.

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