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AP US Government
Unit 3 – Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Topic 3.4
How do Symbolic Speech and Commercial Speech vary under First Amendment protections?
Commercial Speech refers solely to political commercials; symbolic speech covers all other forms of non-verbal expressions.
Both are types of speech that cannot be regulated by the government at all times.
Symbolic Speech refers to nonverbal expression protected by the First Amendment, while Commercial Speech pertains specifically to advertising and is subject to greater regulation.
Symbolic speech is not protected; only commercial speech is protected under the First Amendment.
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