A Federal appeals court has thrown out a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) policy that can lead to broadcasters being fined for filthy language on live television.
The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan determined the policy violates the First Amendment and that it “chills speech, because broadcasters have no way of knowing what the FCC will find offensive.”
According to Melissa Henson, spokesperson for the Parents Television Council (PTC), her organization is outraged by the decision.
“It seems to us that this panel of three judges walked into the courtroom with their minds already made up and with kind of a chip on their shoulder about the whole enforcement regime of the Federal Communications Commission and that they did not look at the facts of the case objectively,” she laments.
She decides that in ruling the policy as unconstitutional, the judges “basically overturned the will of the American people, the laws of the land, and even a decision of the Supreme Court.”
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