Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
Publication Date
1991
Page Number
259
Keywords
equality before the law; minorities in broadcasting; law and legislation
Disciplines
Civil Rights and Discrimination | Law | Legislation
Abstract
As the Supreme Court's 1989 Term reached its conclusion, observers expected the Court to follow "City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co." and invalidate two Federal Communications Commission (FCC) minority preference policies aimed at promoting broadcast diversity. Instead, in one of the major surprises of the Term, the Court upheld both FCC racial preference programs in Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission. Finding no equal protection violation, the Court ruled that "benign" race-conscious programs designed by Congress to "serve important governmental objectives" are constitutional if they are "substantially related to [the] achievement of those objectives."
Recommended Citation
Michael Bressman,
Equal Protection and Affirmative Action in Broadcast Licensing, 14 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy. 259
(1991)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/faculty-publications/165