San Diego Law Review Volume 43 | Issue 3 Article 7 8-1-2006 Keelhauling Pirates: How Ex Parte Seizure of Non- Interfering LPFM Does Not Further the FCC'S "Public Interest" Buck Endemann Follow this and additional works at: https://digital.sandiego.edu/sdlr Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Buck Endemann, Keelhauling Pirates: How Ex Parte Seizure of Non-Interfering LPFM Does Not Further the FCC'S "Public Interest", 43 San Diego L. Rev. 661 (2006). Available at: https://digital.sandiego.edu/sdlr/vol43/iss3/7 This Comments is brought to you for free and open access by the Law School Journals at Digital USD. It has been accepted for inclusion in San Diego Law Review by an authorized editor of Digital USD. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. ENDEMANN.DOC 11/20/2006 1:30 PM Keelhauling Pirates: How Ex Parte Seizure of Non-Interfering LPFM Does Not Further the FCC’s “Public Interest”* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION: FREE RADIO SAN DIEGO ........................................................... 662 II. THE FCC’S REGULATORY PEDIGREE.................................................................. 666 A. Government Spectrum Ownership and Early Regulation ........................ 666 B. “Scarcity” Justifies Government Ownership and Regulation.................. 668 C. Congress Appoints the FCC to Regulate in the “Public Interest”........... 671 D. Deregulation: The Government Takes a Less Active Role....................... 675 III. NEW REGULATORY PHILOSOPHIES REQUIRE NEW SUPREME COURT JURISPRUDENCE ..................................................................................... 681 A. The FCC and LPFM: On Again, Off Again ............................................. 681 B. Non-Interfering LPFM Continues to Fulfill Supreme Court “Public Interest” Policy .......................................................................... 684 IV. THE FOURTH AMENDMENT AND REASONABLE ALTERNATIVES TO EX PARTE SEIZURE ....................................................................................... 687 A.