Expletives Undeleted!

Here's the Times's piece on yesterday's ruling on obsensity by a Federal Appeals panel in New York. Interesting enough, and a sly and choiceful rebuke to Cheney to boot! (Senator Leahy, call your office.)

However, seems the gist of a larger story resides in one sentance from the descions quoted by the Times:

“We find that the F.C.C.’s new policy regarding ‘fleeting expletives’ fails to provide a reasoned analysis justifying its departure from the agency’s established practice,” said the panel.

The fact is that the adminstration has proved precious little "reasoned analysis" justifng its departure from a vast array of established practices -- from torture to environmental policy to food safety regulation to...oh, you name it. Did we mention war and peace? They consistently replace long standing federal policy with ideological imperatives of the far right.

This case will go to the Supreme Court...will the court, with Roberts and Alito, give the adminstration the authority to change federal policy on ideogical whim? Or will we see the begining of court rollback of executive over-reaching?

The headline we're waiting for? "Supremes To Cheney: Go Fuck Yourself."