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Supreme Court Backs FCC's Profanity Policy

But justices decline to rule on ban's threat to First Amendment

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 28, 2009 12:51 PM CDT

(Newser) – The Supreme Court ruled today that the Federal Communications Commission may fine broadcasters for even a single utterance of a curse word, Lyle Denniston writes for SCOTUSblog. In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled that the FCC’s recent switch in policy from discouraging “...   Read full story »

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