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David Pierce predicts that courts will strike down Brendan Carr's broadcast license review actions as unconstitutional speech regulation.

On The Vergecast · unverified speaker · The Vergecast · Jul 31, 2026

hit the road here. And when it does, when this goes to court, I think you're gonna see a lot of judges be like, no. This straight up looks like you're punishing speech because the president told you to, and something will fall apart

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A federal court rules against the FCC's early broadcast license renewal process or finds it violates First Amendment protections.

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