As Supreme Court decision approaches, a U.S. District Judge in Utah has enjoined Aereo from rolling out its service in the Tenth Circuit.… Continue Reading
While the real Aereo game is still in the Supreme Court later this spring, the court in the Utah installment of the Aereo litigation is gearing up for some activity. The Swami has something to say about that.… Continue Reading
The Supreme Court has decided that now would be a good time to consider the arguments arising from the Second Circuit's Aereo decisions to date.… Continue Reading
The case opens the possibility that an FCC forfeiture defendant, especially one with a constitutional defense, might get into the Court of Appeals without first paying the forfeiture. That would be a small but important tilt in the balance between the FCC and the people it regulates.… Continue Reading
The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council has provided arguable impetus for the FCC to try, again, to toss (or at least relax) its Newspaper-Broadcast Cross-Ownership prohibition -- and the FCC wants to know what you think about it.… Continue Reading
A couple of months ago, the Swami confidently predicted that the petitioners in McBurney v. Young would win, 6-3, in the Supreme Court. The Swami is now 0-1 on the year. Read the recap here.… Continue Reading
The Supreme Court recently heard arguments in McBurney v. Young, a case involving a "citizens-only" limitation on state FOIA rights in Virginia. Our own Supreme Court Swami, Kevin Goldberg, reports.… Continue Reading
The Supreme Court has declined to review the Circuit's decision overturning the FCC's 2008 revisions to the newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership rule.… Continue Reading
The Janet Jackson case is, for all intents and purposes, finished. But, as has been customary with just about everything surrounding L'Affaire Jackson, even the Supreme Court's final order included some unexpected flair.… Continue Reading
For some insight into what the Court's recent decision on indecency means going forward, we called on the Swami, Kevin Goldberg. Not surprisingly, he had some thoughts.… Continue Reading
The Supreme Court has sent the Fox and NYPD Blue cases back down to the Second Circuit. While that might sound like bad news for broadcasters, that's not necessarily the case. In fact, Fox and ABC can clearly view this decision as a significant victory.… Continue Reading
On January 10, the Swami and the Blogmeister took a field trip to the Supreme Court to catch the Fox/ABC indecency argument. Here's their report.… Continue Reading
In a long-awaited if anticlimactic decision, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has again sided with CBS in its fight with the FCC over the 2004 Super Bowl® half-time show.… Continue Reading
Do the Supreme Court opinions in Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association shed light on likely outcome of FCC v. Fox Television Stations indecency case next term? The Swami thinks so.… Continue Reading
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Fox and NYPD Blue cases next term -- and the constitutionality of the FCC's indecency regime will be the only issue on the docket.… Continue Reading
Like a hard-core poker player on a losing streak, the Commission isn't going to let a recent string of defeats discourage it. Au contraire, the FCC's going double-or-nothing: it has asked the Supreme Court to review the Second Circuit's 2010 indecency decisions in the Fox and NYPD Blue cases.… Continue Reading
The Swami strikes again - this time with a correct prediction of the outcome in Snyder v. Phelps. Here are some thoughts on the Supreme Court's decision in this tough First Amendment case.… Continue Reading
The Swami puts his prediction out there on February 27, and the Supreme Court follows through two days later. Is this guy good or what?… Continue Reading
With Sunshine Week -- a national initiative focused on the importance of open government and freedom of information -- just a couple of weeks away, our resident swami handicaps the voting as the Supreme Court takes up a FOIA exemption in AT&T v. FCC.… Continue Reading
