Monday, April 06, 2009

A RIGHT TO LISTEN?

The Fairness Doctrine and “localism regulation” may yet die.

During oral argument in the case of Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission, Justice Scalia said, "Do you think that there's a possibility that the First Amendment interest is greater when what the government is trying to stifle is not just a speaker who wants to say something but also a hearer who wants to hear what the speaker has to say?"

Apparently listeners have rights, too.

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