Headline Roundup • June 21st, 2012
Obamacare Ruling
Featured Coverage of this Story

Politico
It could be years before we know whether rock stars have the constitutional right to accidentally drop the F-bomb on TV or if a flash of nipple will cost a network millions in fines, thanks to a Supreme Court ruling Thursday that kicks a question about an FCC rule further down the road.
In FCC vs. Fox Television Stations, the court avoided the central question of whether the FCCs indecency rules policing passing profanity or fleeting glimpses of nudity on the air violates the First Amendment.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0612/77693.html#ixzz1ySNJql4W

Fox News Digital
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against the FCC's policy regulating curse words and nudity on broadcast television.
In an 8-0 decision, the high court threw out fines and sanctions imposed by the Federal Communications Commission. The case involved some uncensored curse words and brief nudity on various networks, including Fox.
"Because the FCC failed to give FOX or ABC fair notice prior to the broadcasts in question that fleeting expletives and momentary nudity could be found actionably indecent, the Commissions' standards as applied to these broadcasts were vague," the...
The Supreme Court handed down neither its Obamacare ruling, nor its Arizona immigration law decision today, so we'll have to wait until at least Monday (and possibly later) for those. But since all eyes were on the High Court this morning, one verdict of note was rendered: In the case of Knox v. SEIU, the Court overturned the hard-Left Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals -- a regular occurrence these days -- and ruled against the SEIU. The decision was a relatively lopsided 7-2 split: Justices Sotomayor and Ginsburg sided with...
AllSides Picks
Headline Roundup
House Democrats Block Constitutional Amendment to Keep Supreme Court at Nine Justices
September 3rd, 2026
Headline Roundup
Haitian Immigrant Dies in Apparent Suicide After Losing TPS Status
September 3rd, 2026
Headline Roundup
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul Faces Criticism for Wearing Hijab at Islamic Center
September 3rd, 2026
Blog
The Insight: Is Violent Crime Down in the US?
AllSides Staff
September 4th, 2026
More News about Supreme Court on AllSides
News from the Left
News from the Center
News from the Right
CNBC