Cell Phones and Free Speech
01 March 2018
Richard Samp, Chief Counsel for the Washington Legal Foundation, discusses WLF's brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court, which urges the Court to review and strike down a Berkeley, California, ordinance that requires all cell phone retailers to post cell phone health warnings, in violation of their First Amendment rights not to be compelled to convey the government's message.
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