The three-judge panel hearing oral argument Monday in Comcast v....
The three-judge panel hearing oral argument Monday in Comcast v. FCC should “call the FCC for a clear double fault” for requiring the plaintiff to carry the Tennis Channel as widely as the cable operator’s own sports networks, said a…
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foe (CD July 26 p5) of the commission order. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit should rule that “based on the facts of the case, the FCC should not have found that Comcast committed a statutory violation,” Free State Foundation President Randolph May wrote on the group’s blog Wednesday (http://bit.ly/WRkzg3). “If it reaches the constitutional claim, the court should find that the FCC’s decision violates Comcast’s First Amendment rights.” Judges Harry Edwards, Brett Kavanaugh and Stephen Williams will hear Comcast at 9:30 a.m. Monday, said an order Feb. 11 in D.C. Circuit docket 12-1337. It said Comcast’s lawyer gets 20 minutes, and the FCC and federal government respondents’ 20 minutes will be “split with intervenor” Tennis Channel.