A Friday deadline is now at the center of the political advertising rate fight, with four Democratic candidates making a final push for a federal appeals court to force the Federal Communications Commission to decide their challenge to its expanded lowest unit charge policy by today (Sept. 18).
Sherrod Brown, Jon Ossoff, Roy Cooper and Kristen McDonald Rivet are asking the Fourth Circuit to reject the FCC’s argument that it needs more time — including a newly opened public-comment period that runs through Sept. 30 — before the full Commission rules.
The Democrats characterize that comment process as a delay tactic, calling it a “farce” and accusing the FCC of using it as a “fig leaf” for postponing a decision that could clear the way for another court challenge before Election Day.
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