{"id":6967,"date":"2018-11-05T15:56:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T15:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/press-release\/supreme-court-declines-to-hear-challenge-to-decision-upholding-net-neutrality-rules\/"},"modified":"2024-12-11T21:18:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T21:18:13","slug":"supreme-court-declines-to-hear-challenge-to-decision-upholding-net-neutrality-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/supreme-court-declines-to-hear-challenge-to-decision-upholding-net-neutrality-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge to Decision Upholding Net Neutrality Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-161433fb-7fff-0680-59a5-17dc0a902b93\">Today, the Supreme Court of the United States <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/orders\/courtorders\/110518zor_o759.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">declined to hear<\/a> a challenge to the <a href=\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/policy\/dc-circuit-open-internet-opinion-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">D.C. Circuit&#8217;s 2016 decision<\/a> upholding the Federal Communications Commission\u2019s net neutrality rules. The Supreme Court also declined to vacate the D.C. Circuit&#8217;s decision as moot.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-161433fb-7fff-0680-59a5-17dc0a902b93\">The following can be attributed to John Bergmayer, Senior Counsel at Public Knowledge:<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-161433fb-7fff-0680-59a5-17dc0a902b93\">\u201cThis is good news for net neutrality supporters. The D.C. Circuit&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/dc-circuit-court-upholds-open-internet-rules-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">previous decision<\/a> upholding both the FCC&#8217;s classification of broadband as a telecommunications service, and its rules prohibiting broadband providers from blocking or degrading internet content, remains in place.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-161433fb-7fff-0680-59a5-17dc0a902b93\">\u201cWhile the current FCC has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/fcc-abandons-consumer-protection-responsibility-with-net-neutrality-repeal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">repealed those rules<\/a> \u2014 a decision Public Knowledge is currently <a href=\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/public-knowledge-challenges-reckless-fcc-net-neutrality-rollback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">challenging in court<\/a> \u2014 this means that the previous decision is binding on the current FCC, and on the D.C. Circuit panel that hears the current challenge. Much of the current FCC\u2019s argument depends on ignoring or contradicting the D.C. Circuit\u2019s earlier findings, but now that these are firmly established as binding law, the Pai FCC\u2019s case is on even weaker ground than before.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the Supreme Court of the United States declined to hear a challenge to the D.C. Circuit&#8217;s 2016 decision upholding the Federal Communications Commission\u2019s net neutrality rules. The Supreme Court also declined to vacate the D.C. 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