Virginia Law Restricting Liquor Ads in College Newspapers Invalidated

In a commentary posted on the First Amendment Center's website, Gene Policinski, the Center's vice president and executive director, examines the recent federal magistrate's decision invalidating Virginia's restriction on liquor ads in college newspapers and why such laws are flawed in constitutional and practical terms.  In an opinion written by then Judge Samuel Alito, the Third Circuit had previously invalidated a similar Pennsylvania statute in Pitt News v. Pappert, 379 F.3d 96(3rd Cir. 2004).

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