As Bob Corn-Revere and Ronnie London described in our Advisory , this case concerned the 2002 and 2003 Billboard Music Awards shows televised by Fox as well as a 2003 episode of NYPD Blue televised by ABC. As you know by now, last week the U.S. Supreme Court found the FCC's enforcement of its indecency policy unconstitutional in FCC v.

Fox Television Stations and a Call for Protecting Emotive Speech, at 64 Federal Communications Law Journal 1 (2011). Wat Hopkins, Virginia Tech, has published When Does F Not Mean F : FCC v. Here is the abstract. The Supreme Court

But Geist  seems to think that the person we should be asking about what the hens think about the strength of the hen house door–is the fox. If you want to find out what the hens think about the strength of the door guarding the hen house that keeps out the foxes, who would you ask? Have A Little List, from The Mikado. ”).

First, it seeks review of the decision of the Court of Appeals throwing out the fleeting expletive admonitions given to Fox network stations for the broadcast of two Billboard Music Award shows that contained expletives, one by Cher and one by Nicole Richie. This appeal deals with two cases.

The FCC has decided to appeal the 2d Circuit's ruling striking down its "fleeting expletives" policy on constitutional grounds. The agency is asking the court to reconsider its ruling, either via a three judge panel or en banc. Link to

Fleeting Expletives. FCC “fleeting expletives policy ruled unconstitutional. Second Circuit Strikes Down “Fleeting Expletives&# Policy On Constitutional Grounds. Second Circuit Strikes Down FCC’s “Fleeting Expletive” Rule « The Legal Satyricon. Fox News Network LLC. JayZ wins. few Fair Use cases. SHOW NOTES.

Fleeting Expletives. FCC “fleeting expletives policy ruled unconstitutional. Second Circuit Strikes Down “Fleeting Expletives&# Policy On Constitutional Grounds. Second Circuit Strikes Down FCC’s “Fleeting Expletive” Rule « The Legal Satyricon. Fox News Network LLC. JayZ wins. few Fair Use cases. SHOW NOTES.

DWT's First Amendment experts have now taken a closer look at the Court's decision in Fox Television Stations v. Tags: Bono FCC indecency rules Golden Globes case Indecency broadcast indecency fleeting expletive words you can't say on TV FCC and have released an advisory with further analysis. London.

DWT's First Amendment experts have now taken a closer look at the Court's decision in Fox Television Stations v. Tags: Bono FCC indecency rules Golden Globes case Indecency broadcast indecency fleeting expletive words you can't say on TV FCC and have released an advisory with further analysis. London.

The Second Circuit has ruled in favor of Fox Broadcasting and other media and against the FCC in the "fleeting expletives" case. Said the Court, We now hold that the FCC’s policy violates the First Amendment because it is unconstitutionally

Reargument in the Fox v. FCC (2nd Circuit) case ("fleeting expletives") (via CSPAN

Tony Mauro of the Blog of Legal Times passes on this tidbit from the Fox v. FCC oral arguments of a few weeks back. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg reviewed the case, as well as some other things, at an appearance

The Legal Times' Tony Mauro discusses the Supreme Court's 5-4 "fleeting expletives" decision here

In a decision released today, the US Supreme Court upheld the FCC determination that fleeting expletives in the televised broadcasts of the Golden Globes and Billboard Music Awards violated the FCC's indecency rules. In this case, called Federal Communications Commission v Fox Television Stations, Inc.,

At issue in the case. * “fleeting expletives&# on broadcast TV. The crux of the issue concerns a number of fleeting expletives by celebrities and indecency on television shows. The United States Supreme Court recently heard arguments on a case dealing with indecent speech on television. It’s not so f—ing simple.&#.