Supreme Court

Supremes to Hear High-Tech Antitrust Case

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:35:25 -0800

Media Minutes: November 7, 2008

candace — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:11:41 -0800

The FCC voted to open white spaces for public use and unlicensed devices. And the Supreme Court takes on the FCC v. Fox “fleeting expletives” case.

Media Minutes (2008-11-07)

candace — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:03:54 -0800

The FCC voted to open white spaces for public use and unlicensed devices. And the Supreme Court takes on the FCC v. Fox “fleeting expletives” case.

High Court to Revisit Indecency Law on Election Day

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:48:14 -0800

Supreme Court to Hear FCC F-Bomb Appeal on Election Day

Stevie Converse — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:51:04 -0700

Court Term to Hear Tobacco, TV Dirty Words Cases

Stevie Converse — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:31:32 -0700

ACLU Says FCC Indecency Regime No Longer Constitutional

Holiday Shapiro — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:15:34 -0700

FCC Formally Rules Comcast's Throttling of BitTorrent was Illegal

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:26:21 -0700

The Censors Lose in Court

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:10:55 -0700

Court Affirms Online Content Law Unconstitutional

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:28:09 -0700

Interest Groups to FCC: 'Save the Red Lion'

Stevie Converse — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:24:18 -0700

Six public interest groups have sent amici curae briefs to the United States Supreme Court with one message: Whatever you decide about the Federal Communications Commission's new "fleeting expletive" indecency policy, don't reverse the court's Red Lion decision—a crucial component of FCC public interest authority.

What Microsoft's Block of American Gladiators Teaches Us

Stevie Converse — Thu, 22 May 2008 08:15:07 -0700

Users of Windows Vista Media Centers who were blocked from recording two NBC shows last week are eager to learn why Microsoft is taking marching orders from broadcasters.

A Discomfiting Threat to Free Speech

Stevie Converse — Wed, 21 May 2008 07:45:57 -0700

The Supreme Court upheld a law on Monday that sweeps too broadly in its attempt to ban child pornography, which is repellent and illegal. Those who traffic in it must be punished, but this law is drawn in a way that also criminalizes speech that should be protected by the First Amendment.

Indecency Cases Stuck in Legal Limbo at FCC

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:37:09 -0700

As federal judges consider pivotal cases about what constitutes offensive TV and radio broadcasts, an expletive might best describe the state of the federal government's enforcement of indecency rules.

The Supreme Court and Indecency

Stevie Converse — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:00:38 -0700

The Supreme Court is throwing itself back into the debate over indecency on television, and that may not be a good thing. It agreed last week to review the Federal Communications Commission’s policy of punishing broadcasters for airing “fleeting expletives” — a few isolated bad words.

Supreme Court Will Review "Fleeting Expletives" Case

Stevie Converse — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:21:36 -0700

The Supreme Court today agreed to decide a case that will have major impact on free speech over the airwaves. The Court granted the Federal Communication Commission's request that it review last year's decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Fox Television v. FCC, which struck down the FCC's harsh new "fleeting expletives" rule.

Supreme Court to Rule on Broadcast Indecency

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:31:14 -0700

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to rule for the first time in 30 years on what constitutes indecency on broadcast television and radio.

The justices will weigh whether federal regulators may levy large fines on broadcasters who let expletives on the airwaves during daytime and early evening hours.

Supreme Court to Review FCC Ban on Profanity

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:21:48 -0700

The Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will rule on the government's standards for policing the public airwaves for the first time since the court agreed 30 years ago that a midday radio broadcast of comedian George Carlin's "seven dirty words" monologue was indecent.

Statements by FCC Commissioners Copps and Tate on Supreme Court Review of Indecency Rule

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:15:17 -0700

Statement by FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps
In response to the Supreme Court’s decision to review the Second Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in Fox v. FCC, Commissioner Michael J. Copps issued the following statement:

Top Court weighs broadcast indecency

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:00:32 -0700

The Supreme Court on Monday stepped into a legal fight over the use of curse words on the airwaves, the high court's first major case on broadcast indecency in 30 years.

The case concerns a Federal Communications Commission policy that allows for fines against broadcasters for so-called "fleeting expletives," one-time uses of the 'F-word' or its close cousins.