DC Circuit Calls For Responses to MMTC En Banc Petition on Multilingual EAS
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit called for responses (in Pacer) to a petition asking for an en banc rehearing of the Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council’s challenge (see 1710170036) of the FCC rulemaking on multilingual…
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alerts. “The full court has called for responsive briefs, where presumably the difficulties in implementing such alerts will be discussed,” blogged Wilkinson Barker broadcast attorney David Oxenford. The review “raises serious issues that may be considered by the court,” Oxenford said. MMTC's petition (in Pacer) is based on Judge Patricia Millett’s dissent (in Pacer) from the ruling for the FCC. Millett said the majority opinion didn’t adequately explain why it rejected MMTC suggestions for alternative ways to implement multilingual EAS messages, and faulted the majority for allowing more delay. “Choosing to repeat an inquiry that has twice been asked and answered, the Commission identified no reason to believe that round three of reporting would reveal new ways to address the multilingual problem,” Millett said. MMTC said "the panel’s decision therefore must be set aside for the reasons outlined in Judge Millett’s well-reasoned dissent.”