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Net neutrality advocates won’t appeal loss, say they don’t trust Supreme Court | Advocates say Supreme Court shows "hostility toward sound legal reasoning."


Advocates say Supreme Court shows “hostility toward sound legal reasoning.”…

And the justices making up the current Supreme Court majority have shown hostility toward sound legal reasoning on this precise question and a host of other topics too," said Matt Wood, VP of policy and general counsel at Free Press. The FCC's net neutrality rules prohibited Internet service providers from blocking and throttling lawful content and banned paid prioritization. Court cases over the rules have turned on the legal question of whether the FCC can classify broadband as a telecommunications service, a necessary step for imposing common-carrier regulations under Title II of the Communications Act.

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