FCC Can’t Force Christian Broadcasters to Report Employee Demographics: Appeals Court

Federal court sides with Christian broadcasters against ‘utterly un-American’ Biden admin rule

A federal court ruled in favor of religious and other broadcasters on Monday against a Biden administration rule that would have required them to annually report employees’ […]

Federal Court Sides With Christian Broadcasters Against ‘Utterly Un-American’ Biden Admin Rule

A court ruled in favor of religious and other broadcasters against a Biden rule that would have required them to report employees' genders and ethnicities.

FCC can’t force Christian broadcasters to report employee demographics: appeals court

The Federal Communications Commission cannot enforce an order requiring conservative Christian broadcasters to disclose employee demographic data, an appeals court panel has ruled.  #NRB #FCC #employment #demographics #discrimination #equalopportunity #AmericanFamilyAssociation

Fifth Circuit: FCC Has No Right to Force Radio and TV Stations to Submit Employee Data About Race and Sex - Black Community News

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under Joe Biden wanted to collect information from radio and television stations about their employees in the form of a survey. Inside Radio reported that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled against the FCC. The court held that the FCC overstepped its authorities by reinstating Form …

National Religious Broadcasters: 5th Circuit Ended a Government Threat

National Religious Broadcasters emailed us Monday night claiming a victory over "woke ideology" in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that day overturning the FCC's 2024 order on collecting data on workforce diversity (see [Ref:2505190044]). The group was...

Court Finds FCC Has No Authority to Require EEO Form 395-B – And Narrows Scope of the Public Interest Standard

The FCC’s 2024 decision to reinstate Form 395-B, after its use had been paused for over 20 years, was invalidated this week by a decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.  In yet another instance of courts limiting the authority of administrative agencies, the Fifth Circuit judges found that the FCC has no statutory authority to require the filing and public posting of the form requiring broadcasters to report on the race and ge…