In a stinging blow against not only the principle of free speech, but against the original intent of the interstate commerce clause of the US Constitution, the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of FCC fines for "indencent speech" on television broadcasts.

This is not only a patently unconstitutional federal agency, the court uses a very slippery approach to "indecency". See, accordin to the original wording and intent of the guys who wrote the rules of operation for the Federal Gubment, the first amendment applied ONLY to Congress (thus the FCC is clearly unconstitutional), but LOCAL spech codes were allowed, and existed until the mid 1800s. The Supreme Court now refers to something they euphimistically call "community standards" of "decency". But, of course, THEY are the ones who determine what the "local standards" are!

Take a look at this mess, but don't blame us if you find it objectionable!

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court upheld a U.S. government crackdown on profanity on television, a policy that subjects broadcasters to fines for airing a single expletive blurted out on a live show.

In its first ruling on broadcast indecency standards in more than 30 years, the high court handed a victory on Tuesday to the Federal Communications Commission, which adopted the crackdown against the one-time use of profanity on live television when children are likely to be watching.

The case stemmed from an FCC decision in 2006 that found News Corp's Fox television network violated decency rules when singer Cher blurted out an expletive during the 2002 Billboard Music Awards broadcast and actress Nicole Richie used two expletives during the 2003 awards."

For more, click here, as long as the feds let you. By the way, this ruling could have implications for "talk radio" and the inernet.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090428/en_nm/us_usa_television_indecency