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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: May 7, 2022 to May 13, 2022

Broadcast Law Blog

On our Broadcast Law Blog, we wrote last week about the FCC’s current role in regulating the Internet ( Blog Post ). But, because a party pledged to file for it in the next FM auction filing window, the FCC did not delete a vacant allotment at Snowflake, Arizona. Press Release )( Section by Section summary )( Text of Legislation ).

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In back-to-back cases, justices will scrutinize traditional limits on challenges to agency proceedings

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In both cases, the targets of agency proceedings want to challenge the legitimacy of those proceedings right away in federal court, rather than having to await the outcomes of long-running administrative processes before getting their day in court.

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Affirmative action cases up first in November argument calendar

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Although they are the highest-profile cases on the November argument calendar, the justices will also hear oral argument in important cases involving (among other things) the power of federal district courts and the constitutionality of a federal law designed to protect against the separation of Native American families. Arizona (Nov.

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May Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Rulemaking Comments on Various TV Issues and More

Broadcast Law Blog

The FCC has already issued such an extension three times since the initial compliance deadline of May 26, 2015, as the NAB contends that there still is no workable technology that can perform the functions required by the rule (see our Broadcast Law Blog article here from the last extension 5 years ago).

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: February 20 to February 25, 2023

Broadcast Law Blog

See our recent Broadcast Law Blog article for more information. The Bureau continues to substitute UHF channels for VHF channels in local markets to improve reception of over-the-air television channels, the most recent example being its substitution of channel 27 for channel 11 at Yuma, Arizona.

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“Remain in Mexico” and Texas’ anti-abortion law

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Texas presents the latest stage in the Biden administration’s attempt to unwind the Trump administration’s “remain in Mexico” policy. After Texas and Missouri challenged that decision, a federal district court vacated the secretary’s termination, in part on the administrative-law ground that the decision was insufficiently explained.

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States sue Biden administration over immigration policies

JURIST

The Attorneys General of Arizona and Montana filed an amended a joint lawsuit Monday alleging that the Biden administration has violated immigration and administrative law. As pointed out in the joint Arizona and Montana complaint, this will result in the release of some detainees due to capacity limits.