Supreme Court Won’t Take A Second Look At Janet Jackson’s Breast

by Don Hamel • June 29, 2012

One day after making news on health care, the Supreme Court quietly took a stand for the nation’s mental health, refusing to consider the FCC’s appeal to reinstate an indecency fine it levied against CBS for the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show in which Janet Jackson’s breast was briefly glimpsed, causing a horrified nation to shut its eyes until play resumed and it was safe to watch violence again.

The FCC originally fined CBS $555,000 for the ‘Wardrobe Malfunction,’ a term that Chief Justice Roberts said, “strained credulity.” The fine has twice been overturned in appeals courts, and this was thought to be the FCC’s last hope of having it re-instated.

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Although the case has traveled from one court top another for several years now, there is no indication that the incident created a rise in legal briefs.

For those of you keeping abreast of this case, here’s the video in question: