commercial speech
type: Concept
broader: freedom of speech
broader: corporate personhood
definition: Commercial speech—that is, advertising or other speech proposing a commercial transaction—was once considered unprotected by the First Amendment and therefore subject to regulation or even prohibition by Congress or the states. In a series of decisions beginning in the 1970s, however, the Supreme Court extended constitutional protection to commercial speech, first tentatively and then more broadly. [Source: The Supreme Court A to Z; Speech, Commercial]

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: commercial speech

corporate personhood
type: Concept
narrower: commercial speech

freedom of speech
type: Concept
narrower: commercial speech