John Paul Stevens,
FW/PBS, Inc. v. Dallas — Concurring Opinion
“ As the Court explains in Part III of its opinion, it is not certain that any petitioner has standing to challenge the provisions of the licensing scheme that disqualify applicants who are themselves unqualified or who reside with, or are married to, unqualified persons. ”
John Paul Stevens,
FW/PBS, Inc. v. Dallas — Concurring Opinion
“ California, 431 U.S. 595, 602, 97 S.Ct. 1987, 1991-92, 52 L.Ed.2d 606 (1977) , Ginzburg was decided before the Court extended First Amendment protection to commercial speech and cannot withstand our decision in Virginia Pharmacy Bd. v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc., 425 U.S. 748, 96 S.Ct. 1817, 48 L.Ed.2d 346 (1976) . If conduct or communication is protected by the First Amendment, it cannot lose its protected status by being advertised in a truthful and inoffensive manner. ”
