Federal appeals court reinstates limits on ads for legal brothels

[Newsjock]

Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal

A federal appeals court reinstated Nevada's restrictions on brothel advertising Thursday in an opinion that overturns the 2007 ruling of a Las Vegas judge.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the ruling of U.S. District Judge James Mahan, who concluded that Nevada laws limiting brothel advertising violated the First Amendment.

... The appeals court, which is based in San Francisco, agreed with Nevada's argument that its "substantial state interest in preventing the commodification and commercialization of sex vindicates the advertising restrictions."

... Allen Lichtenstein, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada, vowed to appeal the decision.

"In this decision, the Court of Appeals created new law that runs contrary to established Supreme Court precedent," Lichtenstein said. "The Supreme Court has established that if a product or service is legal, even if the government has the right to ban it but chooses not to, then the advertising of that legal product or service is constitutionally protected."

Read more: http://www.lvrj.com/news/appeals-court-reinstates-limits-on-brothel-ads-87390082.html

[midnight]

1. Does this count as a first amendment issue?

[Indy Lurker]

3. Not really.

Commercial speech has never been protected.

This is why cigarettes ads can be banned from TV.

[Donnachaidh]

2. yeah, but the Viagra ads are 24/7

Seems kinda ironic. :rofl: