SECOND EXAM STUDY GUIDE:
Central Hudson Test
From your readings, know the four-part Central Hudson test (as modified by SUNY v. Fox (1989)).
- What must the government do under the second, third and fourth prongs to convince the court that the regulation is constitutional?
- What are commonly accepted as substantial interests?
- If the government can achieve its interests in a manner that does not restrict commercial speech, or that restricts less speech, must it do so?
- How have the prongs been applied (including the corresponding reasoning) in specific cases?
- Posadas
- Rubin v. Coors
- 44 Liquormart
- Greater New Orleans
- Thompson v. Western States Medical Center
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