Court Opinion

ID: 9842174
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-22 20:13:18.671476+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:09:51.403447
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Justice Thomas,
concurring.
I concur because I agree with the Court’s application of the test set forth in Central Hudson Gas & Elec. Corp. v. Public Serv. Comm’n of N. Y., 447 U. S. 557 (1980). I continue, however, to adhere to my view that cases such as this should not be analyzed under the Central Hudson test. “I do not believe that such a test should be applied to a restriction of ‘commercial’ speech, at least when, as here, the asserted interest is one that is to be achieved through keeping would-be recipients of the speech in the dark.” 44 Liquormart, Inc. v. Rhode Island, 517 U. S. 484, 523 (1996) (opinion concurring in part and concurring in judgment).