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  1. Supreme Court wrestles with TV profanity case

    washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Courts, Judiciary - Nov 4, 2008

    WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court spent an hour on Tuesday talking about dirty words on television without once using any or making plain how it would decide whether the government could ban them.

    Also tagged: tv, case, court, supreme, with, wrestles

  2. Supreme Court Takes Up Case of Use of Profanity on TV

    washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Bush Administration - Nov 4, 2008

    It's not every day that a top lawyer for the Bush administration, standing before the black-robed justices of the Supreme Court, invokes the specter of "Big Bird dropping the F-bomb on Sesame Street."

    Also tagged: tv, of, new york, case, antonin scalia, cher, use, on, vermont, court, janet jackson, sesame street, parents television council, george carlin, rupert murdoch, up, nicole richie, supreme, takes, stephen breyer, american civil liberties union, john paul stevens, john roberts chief justice, frank ahrens, u s federal communications commission, gregory g garre, tim winter, prada spa, carter phillips, marjorie heins

  3. Supreme Court Takes Up Case of Profanity on TV

    washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Bush Administration - Nov 4, 2008

    It's not every day that a top lawyer for the Bush administration, standing before the black-robed justices of the Supreme Court, invokes the specter of "Big Bird dropping the F-bomb on Sesame Street."

    Also tagged: tv, of, new york, case, antonin scalia, cher, on, vermont, court, janet jackson, sesame street, parents television council, george carlin, rupert murdoch, up, nicole richie, supreme, takes, stephen breyer, american civil liberties union, john paul stevens, john roberts chief justice, frank ahrens, u s federal communications commission, gregory g garre, tim winter, prada spa, carter phillips, marjorie heins

  4. Justices Ponder TV’s ‘Fleeting Expletives’

    nytimes.com » NYT > U.S. - Nov 4, 2008

    The Supreme Court considered whether the Federal Communications Commission can penalize a network for letting an isolated swear word onto the air.

    Also tagged: television, supreme court, federal communications commission

  5. Supreme Court Hears FCC Profanity Case

    washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - National News and Headlines - Nov 4, 2008

    It's not every day that a top lawyer for the Bush administration, standing before the black-robed justices of the Supreme Court, invokes the specter of "Big Bird dropping the F-bomb on Sesame Street."

    Also tagged: fcc, case, court, supreme, hears

  6. Court wrestles with TV profanity case

    washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Courts, Judiciary - Nov 4, 2008

    WASHINGTON -- A divided Supreme Court spent an hour on Tuesday talking about dirty words on television without once using any.

    Also tagged: tv, case, court, with, wrestles

  7. The Court and ‘Fleeting Expletives’

    nytimes.com » NYT > Opinion - Nov 4, 2008

    The Supreme Court must ensure that the F.C.C. does not trample on free-speech rights.

    Also tagged: supreme court, censorship, editorials, federal communications commission, freedom of speech and expression, first amendment us constitution

  8. Ideas & Trends: Must It Always Be About Sex?

    nytimes.com » NYT > Washington - Nov 1, 2008

    The Supreme Court specializes in law, not lexicography. But it will soon have to consider the meaning of that most versatile of four-letter words.

    Also tagged: television, supreme court, censorship, english language, federal communications commission, freedom of speech and expression, fox broadcasting co

  9. EMT Faces Assault, Stalking Charges

    northcountrygazette.org » North Country Gazette - Oct 31, 2008

    NEW YORK—An emergency medical technician employed by the New York City Fire Department has been arrested on charged that he assaulted a supervisor with the FDNY EMS and harassed, stalked and menaced a paramedic between

    Also tagged: crime, courts, new york state, fist, stalking, harassment, paramedic, emt, fdny, kings county hospital

  10. Liberal Websites 12 Times More Likely To Use Profanity Than Conservative Sites

    wwwwakeupamericans-spree.blogspot.com » Wake up America - Aug 11, 2008

    In an unscientific experiment, the Washington Times uses google search, picks 10 liberal and 10 conservative websites, throws in George Carlin's "seven dirty words" and publishes the results. Anybody the regularly

    Also tagged: conservative bloggers, liberal bloggers

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