The US Supreme Court has said it will hear arguments in the case of so-called fleeting expletives, which are single uses of the f-word in broadcasts.
The case stems from two incidents in which Cher said the f-word and Nicole Richie uttered a variation of the same word and said also the foul word for excrements. The Federal Communications Commission said in 2006 that both incidents, which happened during the Billboard Music Awards show, were indecent. However, a federal appeals court in New York ruled 2-1 that the FCC has no authority in regulating such incidents and their rules might be unconstitutional.
There are two possible outcomes. Either the Supreme Court could rule that the Federal Communications Commission has the power to decide what is acceptable for broadcasts or the justices could find that the 1st Amendment's protection for the freedom of speech does not give authority to the government regulator to punish broadcasters for an accidental vulgarity.
Rico says there are no accidental vulgarities. When he says 'fuck', he knows he's saying it. He just doesn't fucking care...
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