I'm a full day behind on the news, but I hadn't seen this on my flist, so --

Court of Appeals tells FCC to go FUCK Itself (NYTimes, free reg, blah blah)

WASHINGTON, June 4 — If President Bush and Vice President Cheney can blurt out vulgar language, then the government cannot punish broadcast television stations for broadcasting the same words in similarly fleeting contexts.

That, in essence, was the decision on Monday, when a federal appeals panel struck down the government policy that allows stations and networks to be fined if they broadcast shows containing obscene language.

(P.S.: Tragically, the link's text is not the NYTimes article's actual headline.)