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anigbrowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-03-08 04:47 PM
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385. Yes, but it's informed speculation on my part
because I have seen a lot of entertainment industry contracts, and they always have a wide-ranging morals clause and explicit statutory waivers. Rhodes' contract would be exceptional if it didn't have them. Yes, it's moot but even if she had been fired, your argument is fundamentally wrong.

It is not a free speech issue. No court in the country would let you bring up the fist amendment unless you showed FCC involvement or suchlike. While the constitution guarantees free speech, it does not guarantee you any kind of platform from which to make it. Unless a government agency is involved in getting you off the air it's a contractual dispute, not a constitutional one.
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