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Trump Administration Tells Supreme Court To Wipe Out Decision Upholding Net Neutrality (hollywoodreporter.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the throw-out-the-window dept.

Repealing net neutrality wasn't enough for the Trump administration. Today, the administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to vacate a 2016 appeal court ruling that had upheld Obama era net neutrality rules that barred ISPs from blocking, throttling, or prioritizing content. Reuters reports: The request was made even though the Federal Communications Commission voted along party lines to toss out the 2015 rules late last year, rendering the fight over their legality moot. In a filing to the Supreme Court, the Trump administration said the question for the court was "whether the now-superseded 2015 order was invalid because it exceeded the FCC's statutory authority, was arbitrary and capricious, was promulgated without adequate public notice, or violated the First Amendment."

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  1. Re:So? by PopeRatzo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sounds to me like they want to get a ruling to prevent the next liberal "rule by fiat"

    Say, did you know that Donald Trump has signed more executive orders in the first 20 months of his presidency that Barack Obama did in his first two years?

    If you don't like "rule by fiat", then you should really be uncomfortable with the degenerate Trump regime.

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  2. Re:So? by PopeRatzo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Many of the same people continue to be upset by it,

    They sure are quiet about their disapproval. Who are these mythological Republicans who are now uncomfortable with Trump's rule by fiat?

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  3. Re:USA. Now officially a dictatorship? by ClickOnThis · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This.

    Authoritarianism can work on anybody. Anybody. All it takes is the following:

    1. Make the population afraid, angry, or confused about something.
    2. Present yourself as the only way to solve the problem.

    Sound familiar?

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  4. Re:Democracy IS tyranny by Now15 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Hence why a exceptionally good education system is necessary for a democracy to endure.

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  5. Re:USA. Now officially a dictatorship? by _Sharp'r_ · · Score: 5, Informative

    They filed an appeal to an ongoing court cause which they are a party to. This is bog-standard lawyering.

    How does that have anything to do with dictatorship, or dictating anything?

    At most, the Supreme Court might decide to take the appeal and dictate an opinion to give their results.

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