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SFLR vs the FCC!! This Friday! Bring your mouth guards!

by SFLR
Here's the skinny on our hearing on Friday:
9 AM, Federal Bldg 450 Golden Gate @ Polk. 19th floor, courtroom 10
This is the last hearing we will have in federal court.
Hi folks,
Here's the skinny on our hearing on Friday:
9 AM, Federal Bldg 450 Golden Gate @ Polk. 19th floor, courtroom 10
This is the last hearing we will have in federal court. The case stands as follows:
Sara Winslow, US Attorney, is arguing that SFLR broadcasted illegally, so the FCC was justified
in entering a private home and seizing the radio stuff. SFLR is arguing that the law that the
FCC used to enter and seize, a 19th century maritime law designed to permit government agents to
surprise and board ships carrying contraband in the harbor, isn't a proper legal basis for
raiding a house, being as a house is not a ship and no illegal drugs or aliens were found. It's
possible that both sides will win! If that happens, then the judge will decide whether the
FCC's case is stronger than ours...or which is more fundamental, or something like that.
Ideally we will be able to argue our case in front of the Ninth Circuit where federal policy
change is possible.
Come and support your friendly neighborhood radio underdogs!
Ninth Circuit or bust!!
C
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