Firms cite free-speech right and a federal statute.
The ad ban includes signs in retail stores if they can be observed from outside and are within 1,000 feet of a school or playground. He cited recent high court rulings that struck down advertising bans on casino gambling in Louisiana and beer prices in Rhode Island. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy interrupted to pick up on Ginsburg's point. This is an addictive product, he said, not just a vice. There is something about this commodity that is especially dangerous.