High Court Upholds FCC’s Right to Fine ‘Fleeting Expletives’

CNSNews carries this lengthy report on yesterday’s FCC ruling. It quotes several ADF allies and includes this: Pat Trueman, legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, said the question is sure to come back to the Supreme Court. “All the court looked at today was whether the FCC followed proper administrative procedure under the Administrative Procedures Act in changing how it is enforcing indecency law,” said Trueman, who is an expert on both indecency and obscenity laws. But Trueman said he is concerned that high court may nullify its opinion of 30 years ago that laws against indecent broadcasting are constitutional – thanks in large part to conservative justice Clarence Thomas, who sided with the majority in Tuesday’s decision.