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California Delays Net Neutrality Law's Enforcement Until After Court Case (arstechnica.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: California has agreed to delay enforcement of its net neutrality law until after litigation that will determine whether states can implement their own net neutrality rules. California's net neutrality law was slated to take effect on January 1, 2019. But the Trump administration's Department of Justice and broadband industry sued to block the law and were seeking a preliminary injunction that would halt enforcement until litigation is over.
The DOJ and broadband industry had a good chance of winning a preliminary injunction because the Federal Communications Commission had declared that all state net neutrality rules are preempted. As the DOJ argued, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California must presume that the FCC preemption of state laws is valid since that preemption has not been overturned by any court. In a U.S. District Court filing today, California agreed to take no action to enforce the state net neutrality law until after the U.S. Court of Appeals case is decided and all appeals have been exhausted.
The DOJ and broadband industry had a good chance of winning a preliminary injunction because the Federal Communications Commission had declared that all state net neutrality rules are preempted. As the DOJ argued, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California must presume that the FCC preemption of state laws is valid since that preemption has not been overturned by any court. In a U.S. District Court filing today, California agreed to take no action to enforce the state net neutrality law until after the U.S. Court of Appeals case is decided and all appeals have been exhausted.
This is long since settled case law. This entire thing is just a protest vote by California. If /.ers want this fixed they're going to have to go to the polls nationally and get it changed. There's an election in less than 2 weeks. Now's a good time to put up or shut up. Put enough of the right kind of politician in office and they can override President Trump's veto.
Or don't, but then stop bitching when government regulations you like go away.
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Enough with bullshit lie that net neutrality prohibited QoS. It also had exemptions for special services. You can get away with pushing you false propagranda on non technical sites, but here people know you're blatantly lying and will call you on your bullshit.