In Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, about advertising prescription drug prices, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that ______.

a. commercial speech has no First Amendment protection
b. while some regulation of advertising is permissible, it was not in this case because of the valuable information contained within the ads in question
c. commercial speech has absolute First Amendment protection
d. advertisements must be allowed to make exaggerated claims


b. while some regulation of advertising is permissible, it was not in this case because of the valuable information contained within the ads in question

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