Court rejects FCC’s ban on “fleeting expletives”

We read:

"The 2nd Circuit has once again struck down the Federal Communication Commission’s indecency policy, calling it ‘unconstitutionally vague’ because it creates ‘a chilling effect that goes far beyond … fleeting expletives.’

The dispute between the FCC and several major TV networks appeared before the Manhattan-based federal appeals court for a second time after it was sent back by the Supreme Court.

In April 2009, the justices voted 5-4 that the FCC’s ban on brief, one-time utterances of profanities — or so-called ‘fleeting expletives’ — was not ‘arbitrary and capricious,’ as the 2nd Circuit had ruled in a 2-1 decision.”

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Anything that reins in the FCC is welcome

Posted by John J. Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.).