FCC Challenges Court’s Dereg Smackdown

The FCC is seeking full-court review of a three-judge panel decision vacating its broadcast media ownership deregulation decision. The commission filed a petition for review Thursday (Nov. 7), arguing that the three-judge panel decision of appeals court imposed burdens beyond those allowed in the Administrative Procedures Act, second-guessed the FCC to the point that it undermined congressional intent, and breaks with higher-court and sister-court precedents.