ABC Accuses FCC of Violating Its First Amendment Rights over Its Scrutiny of "The View"

ABC accuses FCC of violating its First Amendment rights over its scrutiny of "The View"

ABC filed a petition with the FCC claiming that the agency's scrutiny of "The View" threatens to "chill critical protected speech."

ABC Says Trump’s FCC Probe Into ‘The View’ Over Equal-Time Rule Threatens to ‘Chill Critical Protected Speech’

Disney's ABC is firing back at the FCC, accusing the agency of engaging in actions that "threaten to upend decades of settled law and practice and chill critical protected speech." The issue involves an FCC investigation into whether talk-show "The View" qualifies for an exemption to the agency's equal-time political rule but ABC argues that implications are broader than just one TV show.

ABC Says FCC’s Equal Time Crackdown On ‘The View’ Chills Its First Amendment Rights

ABC said that the the FCC’s efforts to restrict political candidates from appearing on shows like The View amount to a violation of its First Amendment rights, pushing back on Trump-appointed Brendan Carr’s efforts to use his regulatory authority to threaten broadcasters. In a filing with the agency on Thursday, the network said that “some may dislike certain—or even most—of the viewpoints expressed on The View or similar shows. Such dislike, …

Virginia Supreme Court overrules Democratic gerrymander, declaring new House maps ‘null and void’

A divided Virginia Supreme Court ruled Friday that commonwealth Democrats unlawfully engineered a referendum on new congressional maps, declaring congressional districts approved by voters last month to be null and void.

Appeals court appears ready to reject Hegseth's bid to punish Mark Kelly over 'illegal orders' video

A federal appeals court appeared ready Thursday to reject Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's effort to punish Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly over his call to US service members to refuse illegal orders.

Latest round of global tariffs struck down by U.S. court

A U.S. court cast doubt on the latest round of global tariffs imposed by the White House, ruling that the Donald Trump administration was not justified in imposing replacement duties earlier this year.