Decency Enforcement Center for Television
Amicus Curiae
Thomas B. North, Counsel of Record The DecencyEnforcement Center for Television is a nonprofit organization incorporated for the purpose of legallydefending human and civil rights secured by decency laws, especially those fortelevision. Thomas B. North is aprobate judge in St. Ignace, Michigan. The following is excerpted from theAmicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioners as submitted tothe U.S. Supreme Court on June 3, 2008. Thecourt of appeals did not address the constitutional arguments made by someRespondents (Petitioners in that court) or their amicus concerning the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC)change of policy. The question presented to this Court by Petitioners is…