That’s what the Department of Justice is warning the U.S. Supreme Court about as it weighs in on an FCC indecency decision.
According to Broadcasting & Cable, Solicitor General Paul Clement, said the Second Circuit decision left the FCC little room to modify its policy other than two extremes, adding that the court’s decision “attempts to coerce the commission to choose between allowing one free use of any expletive, no matter how offensive or gratuitous, or adopting a blanket prohibition on any use of expletives.”
In other words, George Carlin’s “seven dirty words” might not be found indecent anymore.
Clement said the lower-court decision “effectively prevents the commission from carrying out its charge, and yet it is the commission that will be held accountable for the coarsening of the airwaves.”
The U.S. Supreme Court are scheduled to meet on February 29th to decide whether to take the case, though that date could easily be delayed.
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