Maine A La Carte Law Not 1st Amendment Issue, State Tells 1st Circuit
Maine's a la carte law, by applying solely to cable operators, doesn't trigger First Amendment scrutiny, Gov. Janet Mills (D) and Attorney General Aaron Frey said Thursday in a reply brief with the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (in…
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Pacer, docket 20-1104). There's no precedent for the argument editorial discretion includes bundling decisions, they said. Cablers can still package channels as long as they also unbundle the channels on request, they said. Maine is appealing a lower court's preliminary injunction of the state law on First Amendment grounds (see 2004300011). Outside counsel for appellees Comcast, A&E, C-SPAN, ViacomCBS, Discovery, Disney, Fox Cable Network Services and New England Sports Network didn't comment Friday.