Which Justice wrote a concurrence in Franklin v. FCC decision?

• A. Elena Kagan
• B. Antonin Scalia
• C. Samuel Alito
• D. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Answer: (A)

A concurrence is a separate opinion written by a justice who agrees with the Court’s ultimate result but wants to add different reasoning or emphasize a particular point not fully captured by the majority opinion. In Franklin v. FCC, Elena Kagan authored such a concurrence, meaning she joined the majority decision but used her own writing to articulate additional reasoning or to highlight aspects she believed deserved emphasis. This distinction helps readers understand how the Court’s ruling might be applied in future cases and what limits or caveats the justice sees, without altering the outcome agreed upon by the Court.