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If it's corruption, its Constitutionally protected, in the First Amendment:

Congress shall make no law [respecting/or abridging] the right of the people ... to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.



In general, the Supreme Court regards commercial speech as far, far less protected than those of the press or of individuals.


I don't see that as being at all relevant, since free speech is in the earlier part of the whole amendment, and "petitioning" people in your Government, while obviously a form of speech, is specifically and additionally protected here.




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