Court Opinion

ID: 9425309
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 23:14:21.521554+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:22:54.630288
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Mr. Justice Blackmun,
with whom Mr. Justice Powell joins, concurring.
In Part IV the Court determines "whether, assuming governmental action, broadcasters are required” to ac*148cept editorial advertisements “by reason of the First Amendment.” Ante, at 121. The Court concludes that the Court of Appeals erred when it froze the “continuing search for means to achieve reasonable regulation compatible with the First Amendment rights of the public and the licensees” into' “a constitutional holding.” Ante, at 132. The Court’s conclusion that the First Amendment does not compel the result reached by the Court of Appeals demonstrates that the governmental action issue does not affect the outcome of this case. I therefore refrain from deciding it.