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Download full textGlasser, Theodore L.; Jassem, Harvey C. – 1980
"FCC v. Pacifica Foundation," a 1978 case involving a radio broadcast considered to be indecent, was the first United States Supreme Court litigation using the right of privacy, or the right not to hear, as a rationale for broadcast regulation of programing. The issue of pornography best illustrates the judiciary's understanding of the…
Descriptors: Adults, Broadcast Industry, Children, Constitutional Law
Glasser, Theodore L.; Jassem, Harvey C. – 1979
In the 1978 "FCC v. Pacifica Foundation" ruling, the United States Supreme Court considered the authority of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to regulate indecent radio programing, finding that the public has a constitutionally protected interest in being protected against objectionable programing. The FCC suit, arising out of…
Descriptors: Censorship, Communication (Thought Transfer), Court Litigation, Courts
