Jim Speta
@jspeta.bsky.social
Law Prof, Northwestern. Former Co-Prez Law Schools Global League. Internet Policy, Ad Law, Torts, Antitrust, etc. Lawyer, past and present. Int'l Programs, former Vice Dean, Interim Dean, etc.
Stop indoctrination?
two men are talking and one of them says " i do not think it means what you think it means .. "
ALT: two men are talking and one of them says " i do not think it means what you think it means .. "
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October 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Stop indoctrination?
The possibility of permission for commercial activity probably isn't broad enough for observation and reporting. But even if it is, it's government licensing the press and frustrating the anonymity protected by the first amendment.
October 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The possibility of permission for commercial activity probably isn't broad enough for observation and reporting. But even if it is, it's government licensing the press and frustrating the anonymity protected by the first amendment.
Crowd was on it today!!
September 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Crowd was on it today!!
I also connect this to the administration's effort to remove for-cause removal protections for commissioners at independent agencies, long held constitutional (now likely to be overruled by the Supreme Court; argument in December). Those protections gave the FCC at least some ability to resist. 3/3
September 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I also connect this to the administration's effort to remove for-cause removal protections for commissioners at independent agencies, long held constitutional (now likely to be overruled by the Supreme Court; argument in December). Those protections gave the FCC at least some ability to resist. 3/3
To be sure, such actions would violate the first amendment, even the lesser version currently granted to broadcasters, but the first issue is FCC statutory authority--even the public doesn't perceive broadcast channels to be different from other video or know there are different regulations. 2/3
September 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
To be sure, such actions would violate the first amendment, even the lesser version currently granted to broadcasters, but the first issue is FCC statutory authority--even the public doesn't perceive broadcast channels to be different from other video or know there are different regulations. 2/3