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23 Attorneys General Refile Challenge To FCC Net Neutrality Repeal (engadget.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: A coalition of 22 state attorneys general and the District of Columbia on Thursday refiled legal challenges intended to block the Trump administration's repeal of landmark rules designed to ensure a free and open internet from taking effect. The Federal Communications Commission officially published its order overturning the net neutrality rules in the Federal Register on Thursday, a procedural step that allows for the filing of legal challenges. The states, along with web browser developer Mozilla and video-sharing website Vimeo, had filed petitions preserving their right to sue in January, but agreed to withdraw them last Friday and wait for the FCC's publication. The attorneys general argue that the FCC cannot make "arbitrary and capricious" changes to existing policies and that it misinterpreted and disregarded "critical record evidence on industry practices and harm to consumers and businesses." The White House Office of Management and Budget still must sign off on some aspects of the FCC reversal before it takes legal effect. That could take months.
Basing their claim on "arbitrary and capricious changes" was stupid, since it was the Obama admins who made the arbitrary and capricious change. This ruling just resets that, which is fully under their authority as the courts reinforce almost without exception.
You make a very convincing argument, but I think there's one important fact that you haven't considered: fartbagel.
Yes, nobody would have cared about NN if this was an off year. Right.
Here's your sign, trumper.