Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Reilly

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Prologue Projects

News Commentary, News, Government

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🗓️ 29 March 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

To review: If you are an anonymous donor, using your money to drown out the voices of everyone else in an election, that is free speech. If you are a citizen who wants to tell a cop to fuck off, that is NOT free speech. And if you are a tobacco company that wants to tell children about the rich, smooth taste of a product that will addict and kill them, that is free speech.

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0:00.0	We are now at number 00596, L'Oralard de Bacco Company versus Thomas Riley.
0:06.0	Hey everyone, this is Leon from Fiasco and Prologg Projects.
0:12.8	On this week's episode of 5-4, Peter, Rianne and Michael are talking about L'Oralard v.
0:18.7	Riley.
0:19.7	In this case, a de Bacco company argued that a Massachusetts law that restricted where
0:24.4	they could advertise was a violation of their free speech.
0:28.0	In the case was heard in 2001, the negative effects of cigarette smoking were already well
0:32.7	known, as was the power of advertising to make kids want to start smoking.
0:37.6	Big tobacco makes money off a product that kills people, and they deny the truth about cancer
0:42.4	and addiction for decades.
0:44.4	Those are the facts.
0:45.4	Judge for yourself.
0:47.2	The Justices ruled in favor of L'Oralard, the tobacco company that brought the suit,
0:51.9	thereby intervening to overturn a state law in the name of protecting commerce.
0:57.4	This is 5-4, a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks.
1:05.8	Welcome to 5-4, where we dissect and analyze the Supreme Court cases that have stifled
1:11.1	our liberty, like allergy season has stifled our nasal passages.
1:15.3	Peter, I'm here with Michael.
1:18.4	Hey everybody.
1:19.7	And Rianne.
1:20.7	Hello, hi.
1:21.7	I don't have allergies, but, you know, solidarity.
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