No. 10-1293I
N
THE
Supreme Court of the United States
O
N
W
RIT
OF
C
ERTIORARI
TO
THE
U
NITED
S
TATES
C
OURT
OF
A
PPEALS
FOR
THE
S
ECOND
C
IRCUIT
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONSCOMMISSION,
ET
.
AL
.,
Petitioners,v.
FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.,
ET
.
AL
.,
Respondents.
BRIEF OF
AMICI CURIAE
JUDITH A. REISMAN, PH.D.AND LIBERTY COUNSELIN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS
238097
M
ATHEW
D. S
TAVER
Counsel of Record
A
NITA
L. S
TAVER
H
ORATIO
G. M
IHET
L
IBERTY
C
OUNSEL
1055 Maitland CenterCommons, 2d FloorMaitland, FL 32751(800) 671-1776court@lc.orgS
TEPHEN
M. C
RAMPTON
M
ARY
E. M
C
A
LISTER
L
IBERTY
C
OUNSEL
P.O. Box 11108Lynchburg, VA 24506(434) 592-7000
Attorneys for Amici
1
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
TABLE
OF
AUTHORITIES
...........................
ii
INTEREST
OF
AMICICURIAE
...................
1
SUMMARY
OF
ARGUMENT
........................ 3
LEGAL
ARGUMENT
...................................... 5I.
THE FCC'SDECENCY
STANDARDS
ARE
REASONABLE
AND
NECESSARY MEANS
OF
FULFILLINGTHE
FCC'S
OBLIGATION TO
PROTECTTHE
PUBLIC'S
INTEREST
...................... 5II.
THE
FCC'S
DECENCY STANDARDS
FURTHERTHE
COMPELLING
STATE
INTEREST IN
SAFEGUARDI~~G
CHILDREN WHILE STILL
PRESERVING
BROADCASTERS'
FREESPEECH
RIGHTS
.....................................
11
A.
This
Court
Has
Established
That Indecent
Speech
Can
Be
Regulated
In
The
BroadcastContext
To
Protect
The
State's
Compelling
Interest
In Protecting
The
Well-Being
Of Children
.............................................
12
1.
Recognizing
the
harm that
indecent
language
inflicts
on children,
this
Court
has
upheld
narrowly
..
n
tailored restrictions
onsuchlanguagein
the
media
............................................ 152.
Courts have established
that
placing
a
time
restriction
on
thebroadcast
of
indecent
language
IS
a
narrow
ly
tailored
response to
the
state's
compelling
interest
in
protecting children
............................... 19B.
Research Regarding
Brain
Development
And
Observational
Learning
Underscore
The
Need
To
Protect
Young
People
In Particular
From
Even
Fleeting Utterances
Of
Indecent
Language
...............................
21
III.
THE
DECENCY S'l'ANuARDS ACT
AS
A
BULWARK AGAINST
THE
NORMALIZATION
OF
PROFANITY
AND
INDECENCY WHICH
DETRIMENTALLY
AFFECTS
ALL
CITIZENS,
BUT
PARTICULARLY WOMEN
AND
CHILDREN
................................................. 31A.
Profanity
Is
A
Form
Of AggressionWhichLeadsWhich
Is
Mimicked
By
C
hildre
n .................................................... 31B.
The
Increased
Frequency of
Indecent
Words
During Prime
Time
Broadcasts Points
To
The Need
To
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