http://www.rbr.com/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.1 2012-02-11T20:14:26-06:00 http://www.rbr.com/media-news/20538.html 2010-01-27T13:33:00-06:00 2010-01-27T13:33:00-06:00 Dave Seyler A panel comprised of academics testifying at an FCC investigation of ownership diversity believe that there are ways the Commission can craft rules to increase http://www.rbr.com/media-news/20538.html 2010-01-27T15:33:53-06:00 2010-01-27T15:33:53-06:00 Roger Clegg Racial discrimination is unfair, divisive, and stupid, and it is likely to be held unconstitutional here by the Supreme Court. The case most on point is the Metro Broadcasting decision (1990), which upheld preferences like this, but was overruled in Adarand Constructors (1995). Voting against the preferences in Metro were Kennedy, Scalia, Rehnquist, and O'Connor. Do the math: Scalia and Kennedy are still there; O'Connor has been replaced by Alito, and Rehnquist by Roberts; Thomas provides the fifth vote to struck it down.