Court Rejects FCC Recruitment Rules.(Federal Communications Commission rules on minorities in broadcasting industry are overturned)(Brief Article)
Multichannel News, January, 2001 by HEARN, TED
WASHINGTON -- A U.S. court here last week declared unconstitutional federal rules designed to promote the recruitment of minorities and women in the broadcast industry, a setback to outgoing Federal Communications Commission chairman William Kennard. In a win for broadcasters, a panel of the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said the agency's program established a race-based classification for the recruitment of minorities that failed to pass constitutional muster under the due-process clause of the Fifth Amendment. The FCC's rules also applied to cable operators, but the cable industry supported the agency's effort and didn't join broadcasters in the court fight. Cable-industry lawyers last week were reviewing the opinion to...
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