Supreme Court to argue CBS v. FCC over 2004 Super Bowl Halftime Show fiasco.

[Initech]

As Lewis Black said - "If you thought you saw a boob that day - you were desperate to see one."

The Federal Communications Commission filed an appeal to the Supreme Court yesterday requesting a review of a decision to throw out the agency's $550,000 fine against CBS over Janet Jackson's infamous "wardrobe malfunction" incident **at the Super Bowl in 2004, Politico reports.

According to Multichannel News, the FCC has requested that the court hold the case until it has ruled on the commission's challenge of another indecency filing against Fox for profanity on an awards show. The Supreme Court is expected to weigh in on that case within the next few months.

http://m.rollingstone.com/?redirurl=/music/news/fcc-takes-janet-jackson-wardrobe-malfunction-case-to-supreme-court-20120418

[geckosfeet]

1. Good effin god. They got nuttin better to do?

[hifiguy]

2. Jeebus H. Christ on certiorari,

why is this still being litigated? How many millions have been pissed away on this silly horseshit? Could not Obama tell Eric Holder to knock off dumb shit like this and just abandon the appeal? This is purely an executive branch matter and it requires no congressional approval.

Cue the apologists in 3...2....1. "But, but, but, the POTUS doesn't have the power to order anyone in the executive branch to do anything....."

[Initech]

3. I know - they should have just paid the fine and shut up.

On the other hand this could determine where the FCC's boundaries lie. It could be a good thing or it might not.

[DefenseLawyer]

5. What exactly would they have accomplished if they had "paid the fine and shut up"?

The court of appeals already ruled that the fine was illegal. It's the government that's appealing. I'm not sure I'm getting your logic.

[Initech]

7. Because they most likely spent far more money fighting the fine than the original fine was worth.

[stevenleser]

6. Exactly how often should the President intervene in the DOJ's work in your opinion.

Say we say it is OK this time. How many times is OK? I myself have advocated it on occasion, but for big important stuff like LGBT rights, not whether Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunctioned and whether CBS was responsible for that. That is a complete waste of the President's time.

[thelordofhell]

4. Time for Clarence Thomas to do a little "research"

[former9thward]

8. The Supreme Court will not hear this case.

The filing was a formality to meet time limits for appeal. The SC is hearing another indecency case, Fox II, and the decision in that case will dispose of the Jackson case one way or the other.