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6th Circuit Temporarily Puts Net Neutrality On Ice As The Post-Chevron GOP Assault On The Regulatory State Accelerates


We recently noted how the telecom industry, with the help of the recent Chevron ruling, was gearing up to deliver what it hoped would be the killing blow to popular net neutrality protections (read…

Post Chevron and the successful, corporate-funded attack on the “ major questions doctrine,” that painful, multi-decade effort to establish precedent appears trashed, much to the thrill of telecom giants. But blocking the FCC from declaring broadband ISPs as common carriers also the Telecom Act also greatly restricts its consumer protection enforcement ability more broadly, the entire reason AT&T, Comcast and friends are pursuing this avenue of attack in the first place. Most regulatory effort, rule, or enforcement will be challenged anew, posing grave risks to public safety, corporate accountability, functional infrastructure, and environmental reforms across every agency in America.

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