In Consolidated Edison Co. v. Public Service Comm., the New York utility commission ruled that the electric company could not send its customers information in support of nuclear power. The Supreme Court held that this was unconstitutional because:

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The Supreme Court held that the New York Commission's ruling was unconstitutional because it was restricting the content of the information distributed. The First Amendment protects the right to free speech, including commercial speech, and government cannot regulate the content of commercial speech unless there is a substantial government interest and the regulation directly advances that interest. The New York Commission's ruling did not meet this standard.