Opinion of the Justices to the Senate

To the Honorable the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:

*910The Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court respectfully submit these answers to the questions set forth in an order adopted by the Senate on May 2, 1973, and transmitted to us on May 11, 1973. The order recites the pendency before the General Court of a bill, House No. 3460, as amended, a copy of which was transmitted with the order. The bill is entitled, “An Act further regulating the publication of political advertisements by newspapers or other periodicals.”

The order recites that the bill seeks in part to “prohibit a…