Law, Business, and Society 9th Edition by Tony McAdams

Exercise 33

Robert Levy, a constitutional law expert, objecting to the current First Amendment treatment of commercial speech:
Inexplicably, advertising remains second-class speech, with less First Amendment protection than Ku Klux Klan vitriol, flag burning, even "gangsta rap." The upshot is that Time Warner can peddle rapper Ice-T's "Cop Killer" to its teen clientele. But if R. J. Reynolds were to produce a TV commercial for an adult audience featuring Tiger Woods wearing a sport coat with a Joe Camel emblem, the boot of government would come down hard on the company's neck. 12
Comment.