In Consolidated Edison Co

question 403

Multiple Choice

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:

• A) the New York Commission was restricting the content of the information distributed
• B) the New York Commission was restricting the time the information was distributed
• C) the New York Commission was restricting the place the information distributed
• D) the New York Commission was not restricting the content of the information distributed
• E) none of the other choices are correct

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