FCC, Ginsberg, and the Cathedral

Well I finished my first real project on Friday, a constitutional strategy for defending the FCC’s ability to fine broadcast networks who air programming that contain isolated uses of the f-word and s-word. It’ll now be sent to other pro-family orgs to drum up support for an FCC appeal in the case to the U.S. Supreme Court. I’ll post a link when they put it up on the site. If the Supreme Court does not rule in favor of the FCC, there could be a waterfall of expletives that could be filling your afternoon/evening network stations soon.

Got to go over to the Supreme Court this morning to hear the justices read several opinions that were released today, including a case involving a high school student who was told he could not hold up a banner that said “Bong hits for Jesus” during a school event. The SC upheld a principal’s right to demand a student not engage in behavior that promotes illegal drug activity while under school supervision. The Court also upheld President Bush’s “faith-based initiatives” programs that use federal tax dollars, but only on technical grounds. You can read more about these cases and the others that were released today here….And on a side note, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, currently the Court’s only female justice and one of its most liberal, looks as pretty in person as she does in her official picture. ;-)

And, a pic from this weekend’s journeys across the metro area:
Life abounds at the National Cathedral.