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tptacekyesterday at 8:22 PM1 replyview on HN

I don't want grocery store circulars on my front porch. They're trash, they're bad for the environment, an eyesore, literal physical spam. But our municipality can't ban them, because First Amendment jurisprudence says so. The circulars are speech and expression at their nadir of protection (commercial speech not of any public or artistic interest), and they're protected.

Good luck getting in the way of political advertising, which is speech and expression at the apogee of its protection.


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mschuster91yesterday at 8:54 PM

> Good luck getting in the way of political advertising, which is speech and expression at the apogee of its protection.

Again: what exactly requires candidates to know your name and address to send you propaganda via mail? There already exist bulk mail services that allow you to target specific areas, addresses and even limited demographics [1].

[1] https://www.usps.com/business/political-mail.htm

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