FCC

Good: allowing laptops on planes for take-off. Bad: getting fired for giving a student a zero

The U.S. Supreme Court has handed down its ruling in FCC vs. Fox Television Stations, the case that challenged the FCC’s new policy of levying fines even on “fleeting expletives” on television.

Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments  in FCC v. Fox, with Fox challenging the FCC fines of “fleeting expletives” in live broadcasting. This blog has a good summary of the questioning and a link to a PDF of the transcript.

An appeals court has voided the FCC fine against Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction,” ruling that: