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Supreme Court to Hear FCC Indecency Case

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the arbitrary-standards dept.

MachineShedFred writes "The Supreme Court of the United States has announced that it will be hearing the FCC's appeal to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' decision that the FCC has changed its policy on fleeting expletives without adequate explanation. It's now on the FCC to explain to the Supreme Court why its policy has changed. This is also the first time the Supreme Court has heard a major 'broadcast indecency' case in 30 years."

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  1. Re:Where does it stop? by postbigbang · · Score: 0, Troll

    By your reckoning, it makes no sense. The exclamatory use of obscenity is designed to provoke. Such provocation within the context of civil discourse has no place-- on the public airwaves where it's offensive, just like a fart in the face.

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