seems to me, that one side here is trying to explain the FCC RULES and LAWS
while the other side is trying to explain THE CONSTITUTION
lately, as you've probably noticed, the constitution has been losing.
nevertheless, I don't recall the constitution saying ANYTHING about equal time. It only says the government shall not make any law abridging the freedom of speech, which is pretty friggin clear.
it doesn't matter that DJs don't have an enumerated right to speak via mass media, or over a technology that has finite capacity, such that all 290 million americans can't aire our opinions equally.
one could reasonably argue that the tenth amendment gives the states the ability to dole out bandwidth or otherwise make laws...
but as long as the F in FCC stands for Federal, then regardless of political realities, an argument that this stinks, based on a reasonable interpretation of the constitution, is iron-clad.
while the other side is trying to explain THE CONSTITUTION
lately, as you've probably noticed, the constitution has been losing.
nevertheless, I don't recall the constitution saying ANYTHING about equal time. It only says the government shall not make any law abridging the freedom of speech, which is pretty friggin clear.
it doesn't matter that DJs don't have an enumerated right to speak via mass media, or over a technology that has finite capacity, such that all 290 million americans can't aire our opinions equally.
one could reasonably argue that the tenth amendment gives the states the ability to dole out bandwidth or otherwise make laws...
but as long as the F in FCC stands for Federal, then regardless of political realities, an argument that this stinks, based on a reasonable interpretation of the constitution, is iron-clad.