“ ‘I was thinking about the curse words and the swear words, the cuss L words and the words you can\u27t say . . .the words you couldn\u27t say on the public, ah, airwaves... the ones that will curve your spine [and] grow hair on your hands ....’ While this is the satiric opinion of George Carlin, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and a bare majority of the United States Supreme Court have embraced it as their genuine opinion.\u27 They have decided to protect the public from the fate of hearing Carlin\u27s social criticism regarding seven ‘dirty’ words.
The FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. case is the most recent iteration of an ongoing struggle to...
It is now settled that above all else, the first amendment means that government has no power to re...
The Supreme Court granted certiorari to decide whether the Federal Communications Commission‘s (the ...
On October 30, 1973, a New York radio station broadcast comedian George Carlin\u27s recorded monolog...
The author discusses the legal and philosophical implications of the Supreme Court\u27s pronouncemen...
The United States Supreme Court, in FCC v. Pacifica Foundation, had a magnificent opportunity to eit...
In 2009, the Supreme Court upheld the FCC\u27s finding in Fox TV Stations v. Federal Communications ...
Courts in this country have long recognized that the first amendment guarantee of freedom of speech,...
On July 13, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Fox Television Stations, Inc. ...
This Article examines the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) regulation of profane language...
This article examines the FCC\u27s vigorous new approach to indecency and profanity determinations, ...
Congress has empowered the Federal Communications Commission to regulate obscene, indecent, or pro...
This chapter provides a back story to FCC v. Pacifica Foundation — the so-called seven dirty words c...
This paper is adapted from a talk given by the author at Duke University School of Law on April 6, 2...
The Federal Communications Commission exercises the power to regulate the broadcast of constitutiona...
The FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. case is the most recent iteration of an ongoing struggle to...
It is now settled that above all else, the first amendment means that government has no power to re...
The Supreme Court granted certiorari to decide whether the Federal Communications Commission‘s (the ...
On October 30, 1973, a New York radio station broadcast comedian George Carlin\u27s recorded monolog...
The author discusses the legal and philosophical implications of the Supreme Court\u27s pronouncemen...
The United States Supreme Court, in FCC v. Pacifica Foundation, had a magnificent opportunity to eit...
In 2009, the Supreme Court upheld the FCC\u27s finding in Fox TV Stations v. Federal Communications ...
Courts in this country have long recognized that the first amendment guarantee of freedom of speech,...
On July 13, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Fox Television Stations, Inc. ...
This Article examines the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) regulation of profane language...
This article examines the FCC\u27s vigorous new approach to indecency and profanity determinations, ...
Congress has empowered the Federal Communications Commission to regulate obscene, indecent, or pro...
This chapter provides a back story to FCC v. Pacifica Foundation — the so-called seven dirty words c...
This paper is adapted from a talk given by the author at Duke University School of Law on April 6, 2...
The Federal Communications Commission exercises the power to regulate the broadcast of constitutiona...
The FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. case is the most recent iteration of an ongoing struggle to...
It is now settled that above all else, the first amendment means that government has no power to re...
The Supreme Court granted certiorari to decide whether the Federal Communications Commission‘s (the ...