Oral Argument on Foreign-Sponsored Content Set for April 7
Oral argument in NAB’s challenge of the FCC’s foreign-sponsored content rules is scheduled for April 7, said a clerk’s order Friday in docket 24-1296 at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. NAB has argued that the FCC…
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didn’t give proper notice that the rules would apply to all non-candidate political advertising, while the FCC under former Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said the rules were properly imposed and authorized by Congress. As a commissioner, current Chairman Brendan Carr dissented in part from the rules, also arguing that the agency didn’t give broadcasters enough notice. When a Carr-opposed order from the Rosenworcel administration was the subject of oral argument in the 5th Circuit earlier this month, the FCC declined to defend portions of it (see 2502040061).