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The Supreme Court has upheld a governmental policy that threatens to fine television stations that air "fleeting expletives." On Tuesday, April 28, in the case of FCC v. Fox Television, the Court ruled that the FCC was not in violation of any laws when it started to fine TV stations for the spontanious use of expletives uttered on live television. By a 5-4 vote, the Court threw out a ruling by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York that ruled in favor of a Fox station that challenged the FCC's crackdown on profanity. The case came about after some celebrities uttered the "f" and "s" words on live TV before the station could bleep them out.