Free Speech Unmuted: The Process Is The Punishment: ABC v. FCC with Stuart Benjamin
Reason · RC · trust 41/100
ABC is challenging the Federal Communications Commission, arguing that the agency is using its licensing authority to punish the network for its coverage and political viewpoint. Jane and I are joined by Duke law professor Stuart Benjamin to examine the lawsuit, the FCC's unusually broad "public interest" power, and the special rules that have long governed broadcast speech. We discuss allegations of retaliation and pretext, the chilling effect of costly government investigations, and whether this dispute could prompt the Supreme Court to reconsider broadcasters' second-class status under the First Amendment.
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