Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Darn...was that fleeting enough?

from The Wall Street Journal
The Supreme Court gave tentative approval to government regulation of the use of even a single curse word on live television. But the court, in a 5-4 decision Tuesday, is refusing to passjudgment on whether the Federal Communications Commission's "fleeting expletives" policy is in line with First Amendmentguarantees of free speech. The justices say a federal appeals courtshould weigh the constitutionality of the policy.
The decision throws out a ruling by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Courtof Appeals in New York. The appeals court had found in favor of aFox Television-led challenge to the policy.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124091903135863347.html#mod=djemalertNEWS

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