BY TONY MAURO, THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL

Just how conservative or pro-business the Roberts Court is continues to generate debate. But on one subject, the trend line is undeniable: a strong majority favors classic First Amendment protection for even the most objectionable speech.
The Court capped its 2010-11 term Monday with the latest landmark [...]

By Cecilia Kang, Post Tech

The Supreme Court said Monday that it will rule on the Federal Communications Commission’s ability to police the nation’s airwaves for indecencies.
The justices said they will review a decision by the Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit that put the FCC’s role as indecency watchdog in [...]

By Gautham Nagesh, Hillicon Valley

The Supreme Court struck down a California law that bans the sale of violent video games to minors on Monday, ruling that video games are protected under the First Amendment as free speech.
The court reached a decision in Brown vs. the Entertainment Merchants Association by a vote of 7-2, [...]

By John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable

The Federal Communications Commission and Parents Television Council were understandably pleased Monday that the Supreme Court had agreed to decide whether a lower court was right to rule the FCC’s indecency enforcement regime unconstitutionally vague and chilling.
The FCC had sought the High Court hearing and [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 27, 2011
Contact:
Andrew Jay Schwartzman
202-454-5861
andys@mediaaccess.org
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court of the United States today granted the government’s petition for certiorari challenging a lower court decision which held that the Federal Communications Commission’s policies on broadcast “indecency” violated the First Amendment.
Media Access Project (MAP) represents the Center for Creative Voices in Media and the [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 27, 2011
Contact:
Andrew Jay Schwartzman
202-454-5681
andys@mediaaccess.org
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court of the United States today invalidated a California statute that prohibits the sale or rental of violent video games to minors, in a case entitled Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association.
Media Access Project (MAP) filed an amici curiae brief in the case on behalf [...]

By Juliana Gruenwald, National Journal

The FCC approved an order this week requiring the satellite radio provider Sirius-XM to set aside at least 4 percent of its channels on the company’s Sirius and XM services for independent programming.
The order, adopted Monday, is part of the ongoing conditions set by [...]

Staff, Friday Morning Quarterback
The FCC has set the rules for Sirius XM to lease part of its spectrum to minority broadcasters, which was a condition of the satcaster merger in 2008. The company has offered to lease four percent of its channels to minority broadcasters, making up six Sirius channels and six XM channels. The [...]

Media Access Project (MAP) filed reply comments on August 12th, together with the Center for Media Justice, Consumers Union, and the New America Foundation, in the Federal Communications Commission’s “broadband framework” docket.  The proceeding will determine whether or not the FCC has direct authority to regulate broadband Internet connectivity providers – to protect customers of [...]

‘Friends With Benefits,’ others poised to raise risque quotient
By Elizabeth Guider, Hollywood Reporter
There was a particularly unbridled episode of Fox’s “American Dad” in January in which Stan, well, gave “full release” to a racehorse. That shenanigan was duly hit with an FCC fine. But five years ago, it wouldn’t even have aired.
Fade whatever is left [...]