releases: https://adams.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/adams-statement-supreme-court-case-comcast-v-naaaom
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| https://adams.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/adams-statement-supreme-court-case-comcast-v-naaaom | Adams Statement on Supreme Court Case Comcast v. NAAAOM | 2019-11-13 | 2019 | 2019-11 | Democrat | House | NC | Alma Adams | A000370 | adams.house.gov | legacy | Washington, DC Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D., (NC-12) released the following statement on the Supreme Court Case Comcast Corp. v. National Association of African American-Owned Media: Today, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the matter of Comcast Corp. v. National Association of African American-Owned Media a case that implicates the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1866, said Congresswoman Alma Adams. This law is the foundation of all civil rights protections and represents the first time the United States began to live up to its promise to be a beacon of liberty for all people. I oppose any and all attempts to weaken this law in any shape or form. To do so would further open our society to the intolerable discrimination that limits opportunity for too many, particularly African-Americans and other people of color. I urge the Court to rule narrowly in this case, and not threaten the freedoms and liberties that all Americans, of all races and colors, rightfully expect from their government. ### In response to the refusal of Comcast Corporation to enter into a contract with Respondent Entertainment Studios Networks, Incorporated (ESN), ESN and the National Association of African American-Owned Media (NAAAOM) sued Comcast, arguing discriminatory, racial motivation behind Comcast's refusal. On June 10, 2019, The United States Supreme Court agreed to hear the case. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |