‘No question about it,’ attorney David Honig responded when asked...

“No question about it,” attorney David Honig responded when asked whether civil rights groups would seek en banc rehearing by 3-judge panel of U.S. Appeals Court, D.C., order throwing out FCC’s new EEO rules as unconstitutional (CD Jan 17 p1). Honig is attorney for Minority Media & Telecom Council and 29 other groups “representing virtually the entire civil rights movement,” he said. At National Religious Bcstrs. convention in Dallas earlier this week, FCC Mass Media Bureau Chief Roy Stewart said Commission still was considering whether to ask court for rehearing. Broadcast attorney predicted agency would seek en banc court reconsideration but said odds were “100-to-1” against court granting petition.