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摘要

The three-judge panel hearing oral argument Monday in Comcast v. FCC should "call the FCC forna clear double fault" for requiring the plaintiff to carry the Tennis Channel as widely as the cable operator'snown sports networks, said a foe (CD July 26 p5) of the commission order. The U.S. Court of Appealsnfor the D.C. Circuit should rule that "based on the facts of the case, the FCC should not have found thatnComcast committed a statutory violation," Free State Foundation President Randolph May wrote on thengroup's blog Wednesday (http://bit.ly/WRkzg3). "If it reaches the constitutional claim, the court shouldnfind that the FCC's decision violates Comcast's First Amendment rights." Judges Harry Edwards, BrettnKavanaugh and Stephen Williams will hear Comcast at 9:30 a.m. Monday, said an order Feb. 11 in D.C.nCircuit docket 12-1337. It said Comcast's lawyer gets 20 minutes, and the FCC and federal governmentnrespondents' 20 minutes will be "split with intervenor" Tennis Channel.