The U.S. Dept. of Justice is trying to take the FCC swearing case all the way to the Supreme Court, after an appeals court slapped it down:

In a stinging rebuke, the Second Circuit ruled that the FCC had not produced “any evidence that suggests that a fleeting expletive is harmful.”

— Free Speech Under Attack in DC – Part III Center for Creative Voices in Media Blog, 1 Nov 2007

Apparently the current U.S. administration doesn’t believe in someone having to prove “market failure” when it comes to words.

-jsq