April 2, 2008

Virginia's Ban on Alcohol Ads Violates Free Speech, Federal Judge Rules

By Eric Hoover

Virginia's ban on alcohol advertising in college newspapers violates the First Amendment, a federal judge has ruled.

The decision was a victory for the student newspapers at the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech, which the American Civil Liberties Union had represented in the case. The plaintiffs had claimed in a lawsuit that the state regulation unconstitutionally censored the newspapers and limited their ability to compete with other publications for advertising

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