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55 Vand. L. Rev. 693 (2002)
Commercial Speech and the Unconstitutional Conditions Doctrine: A Second Look at the Greater Includes the Lesser

handle is hein.journals/vanlr55 and id is 707 raw text is: VANDERBILT LAW REVIEW VOLUME 55 APRIL 2002 NUMBER 3 Commercial Speech and the Unconstitutional Conditions Doctrine: A Second Look at The Greater Includes the Lesser Mitchell N. Berman* INTRODUCTION .................................................................... 694 I. POSADAS AND THE GREATER/LESSER ANALYSIS: THE AFFIRMATIVE CASE .............................................................. 703 II. THREE COMMON OBJECTIONS ............................................. 708 A. The Greater Does Not Necessarily Include the Lesser ................................................... 709 B. The Conduct Ban Is Not Less Intrusive ................... 711 C. The Greater/Lesser Analysis Produces Absurd R esu lts ...................................................................... 7 17 III. ONE STEP BACK: IDENTIFYING FIRST AMENDMENT IN TER ESTS ........................................................................... 719 IV. SPEAKER INTERESTS AND THE PROBLEM OF COERCION ...... 725 A. The Greater/Lesser Analysis and the Unconstitutional Conditions Doctrine ..................... 726 B. Of Penalties and Coercive Offers ............................. 730 * Assistant Professor of Law, The University of Texas at Austin. © 2002 Mitchell N. Ber- man. I wish to thank David Anderson, Stuart Benjamin, Mark Gergen, Daniel Halberstam, Ingrid Johansen, Doug Laycock, Neil Netanel, David Rabban, and participants at a faculty work- shop at the University of San Diego for helpful comments on an earlier draft, Jason Glahn for very capable research assistance, and the Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C. Faculty Fellowship in Law for generous financial support. 693