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In a 5-4 decision announc- ed June 27, the high court upheld the constitutionality of two Federal Communica- tions Commission policies aimed at increasing the rep- resentation of minority broadcasters on the air waves. The case, Metro Broad- casting Inc. vs. Federal Communications Commis- sion, involved two FCC poli- cies that give minority broadcasters special pre- ferences in obtaining FCC licenses. One of those poli- cies allows a broadcaster who is about to lose a license to sell it to a minority appli- cant at a reduced price. Justice William Brennan, who wrote the court's deci- sion, ruled that the FCC pol- icies do not violate the equal- protection clause of the 14th Amendment, since they are in line with "longstanding congressional support" for achieving "the important governmental objective of broadcast diversity." The Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith ex- pressed disappointment with the decision. In a "friend-of- the-court" brief filed jointly with the conservative Moun- tain States Legal Founda- tion, ADL had argued that the FCC policies are un- constitutional, since they give preferences to certain races. ADL maintained that pro- gram diversity is not a "compelling" interest to justify using racial pre- ferences. "Program diversity could best be achieved by a freely operating marketplace," the ADL brief said. But in a brief filed with several other groups, the American Jewish Com- mittee argued that the FCC practices only consider minority status to be a "plus factor" or "enhancement" in the awarding of contracts. The policies do not guar- antee a minority applicant will receive a license, it said. AJCommittee's president, Sholom Comay, praised the Supreme Court for having "acknowledged that the U.S. Congress has authority to utilize this 'benign race- conscious' measure in order to seek increased diversity of voices and viewpoints on the airwaves." This policy does exclude anyone from applying for a license, since "minority ownership and management is but one factor in a complex multi-factor proceeding," he pointed out. Despite their differences in this affirmative action case, both ADL and AJCommittee are supporting the Civil Rights Act of 1990, now before Congress. The legisla- tion strengthens protection against discrimination on the basis of race or sex that was weakened by five Supreme Court decisions in 1989. Jill Kahn, ADL's associate director of legal affairs, said there is no contradiction in The legislation strengthens protection against discrimination on the basis of race or sex. ADL's position in the FCC case and its support of the civil rights legislation. "The civil rights law pro- tects victims of discrimina- tion, but does not promote preferential treatment," she said. Kahn said the FCC poli- cies provide preferences in obtaining broadcast licenses on the broad basis of skin color, not because the ap- plicants have been discrim- inated against. The Senate is expected to act on the civil rights bill when it comes back from its July 4 recess. The House of Representatives is waiting for Senate action before it moves on the bill. President Bush has threatened to veto the bill unless there are changes made to guarantee that it would not result in quotas. ADL, AJCommittee and other Jewish groups have supported the bill, believing that it will not result in quotas. But one Jewish group, Agudath Israel of America, has argued that the bill could lead employers to impose quotas on their own to protect themselves from legal challenges to their hiring policies. 111