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Commercial Speech 
(Free speech in things such as advertising) 
Definition

1.Protected, but not as heavily as other forms of speech (political, social, etc.) 

 

2. The United States Supreme Court defines commercial speech as speech that "proposes a commercial transaction."


3. Valentine v. Chrestensen (1942): "We are … clear that the Constitution imposes … no restraint on government as respects purely commercial advertising." 

 

 

Term
Concurrent powers 
Definition

1. powers in nations with a federal system of government that are shared by both the State and the federal government.


Term
Confederate System
Definition
A permanent union of political units for common action in relation to other units.
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Connecticut Compromise 
Definition

-An agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution.


-Retained the idea of "bicameral legislation" put forwards by James Madison

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 -Also known as the Great Compromise of 1787 or Sherman's Compromise

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