Legal Opinion · Concurrence
Syracuse Peace Council v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 10, 1989No. Nos. 87-1516, 87-1544Published
1ConcurrenceStarr, Circuit Judge
As my colleagues faithfully recount, this case was launched with the FCC’s order holding that Meredith Corporation violated the fairness doctrine. Syracuse Peace Council, 99 FCC 2d 1389 (1984). When the case arrived here almost two years ago, a panel of this court held that the FCC had erroneously failed to consider Meredith’s contention that the doctrine violated the First Amendment. Meredith Corp. v. FCC, 809 F.2d 863 (D.C.Cir.1987). Our colleagues explained, in emphatic terms, that the FCC could not, consistent with its duty to uphold the Constitution, enforce the doctrine without…
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