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Verizon sues FCC over Net Neutrality

I didn’t expect this until later this year, but it’s happened already: Verizon is suing the FCC over Net Neutrality. Verizon is taking the case directly to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, which is contrary to the FCC’s published advice on venue shopping of course, and returns the fight to the place where the FCC lost last time in Comcast v FCC.

I will have more to say on this after I study what I can find on the details, but this is big. Congressional Republicans led by Fred Upton have already come out in favor of the action, and The Hill says this to sum it up:

Verizon’s appeal listed four grounds for the challenge: the order is in excess of the FCC’s statutory authority; it is arbitrary, capricious and an abuse of discretion within the meaning of the Administrative Procedure Act; it is contrary to constitutional right; and it is otherwise contrary to law.

I’m glad to see they’re shotgunning the reasons to toss it, because I imagine anyone of them will put the FCC in a bad spot, should the courts agree.

COMMENTS

  • earlgrey

    I had read where they were considering it right before FCC adopted NN. I have to admit Neil I have missed some of your Tech at NIght posts since the FCC passed this. I have always had low blood pressure, but much more of Obama and I’m going to blow it. (no violence was intended in my remark).

    Great, the MSM has made it so that we can all feel like lawyers making disclaimers for everything that we say.

  • http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens

    They’ve been active in this from the start and they probably prepared all major contingencies in advance.

  • rascott

    I love it…you guys have such extreme hate and distrust of the government that you’ll put all your support behind monopolistic corporations like Verizon…and in the end the only person who will be screwed over will be the lowly individual.

  • http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens
  • http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens

    Kid, your school’s domain name is fitting for what you’re spewing here.

  • spmcintyre

    I guess they were for before they were against it.

  • jmadisonfan

    Unfortunately, lawsuits appear to be one Of the only options available for the next two years to push back on the regime’s deliberately destructive policies. Tie them up in knots and force them to use resources to defend the garbage they’ve already passed so they can’t go much further down this destructive path.

  • edintexas

    Problem here is that you and I, and all other taxpayers, are providing a virtually unlimited amount of “resource$”. The FCC isn’t even required to provide the attorneys to defend their decision, either the DoJ HQ, or a US Attorney’s office will handle that. I would not expect the current DoJ to fail to provide a vigorous defense.

  • jmadisonfan

    I should have defined resources better – administration hacks is what I was referring to. Obviously the money is ultimately coming out of the pockets of the 50% who are pulling the wagon.

  • http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens

    But at the heart of the VZ/Google plan was lawful Congressional action, not a radical left/FCC power grab.

  • http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens

    Some may wait until the FCC tries something. Others may just see Verizon as having the ball and decide to let them run with it. Some may jump in and learn from what Verizon is doing.

    I really don’t know.