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Bolger test

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A quick definition of Bolger test:

The Bolger test is a way for judges to decide if a statement is commercial speech. They look at three things: if it's an advertisement, if it talks about a specific product or service, and if the person saying it wants to make money. If all three are true, it's probably commercial speech, but the judge still needs to use common sense to make a final decision.

A more thorough explanation:

The Bolger test is a way for judges to decide if a statement is commercial speech. To do this, they look at three things:

  1. Is it an advertisement?
  2. Does it talk about a specific product or service?
  3. Does the person saying it want to make money?

If the answer to all three questions is yes, then it's very likely that the statement is commercial speech. But the judge still needs to use common sense to make a final decision.

A company makes a TV commercial for their new car. They show the car driving on a beautiful road and talk about how fast it can go. They also say that it's for sale at their dealership. This is commercial speech because:

  1. It's an advertisement (a TV commercial).
  2. It talks about a specific product (the new car).
  3. The company wants to make money by selling the car.

So, the Bolger test would say that this is commercial speech.

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every time I get accosted by a strange man who follows me around because my male coworkers were too busy talking to walk me back to my car I get closer to saying we need to bring back traditional gender roles
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guys. my notre dame address just went long is this good or bad
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Oooooo me too
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omg is this good or bad
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Idk if gender roles are gunna fix that then.
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it looks like most people who applied in october last cycle didn't get a decision until january... does it even mean anything that our addresses went long??
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windyMagician
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reporting live to say my ndls address also went long
does it mean anything ^
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NDLS and Fordham took a very long time last year. It's good info for people to know.
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also jazzy my ndls address went long ages ago i sadly do not think it means anything
my stanford address also went long LOL i think at most it's an indicator it's under review
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My berkeley paragraph finally disappeared. I definitely think it is just an indicator that they are actively reviewing files, and does not mean anything about A, WL, or Rs
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@WorthlessAttractiveZombie: mine did yesterday morning
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Oops sorry I meant Vilanova. Mine disappeared last week
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UMN under review! As predicted, decisions are gonna come out early December
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