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Will a US Supreme Court Ruling Put Net Neutrality at Risk?


Today the Wall Street Journal reported that restoring net neutrality to America is "on shakier legal footing after a Supreme Court decision on Friday shifted power away from federal agencies." "It's hard to overstate the impact that this ruling could have on the regulatory landscape in the United S...

Today the Wall Street Journal reported that restoring net neutrality to America is " on shakier legal footing after a Supreme Court decision on Friday shifted power away from federal agencies. ""It's hard to overstate the impact that this ruling could have on the regulatory landscape in the United States going forward," said Leah Malone, a lawyer at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. Now that [ the "Chevron deference"] is gone, the Federal Communications Commission is expected to have a harder time reviving net neutrality — a set of policies barring internet-service providers from assigning priority to certain web traffic...

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