Supreme Court Rejects Industry Challenge of 2015 Net Neutrality Rules (arstechnica.com)

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused a request by the Trump administration and the telecommunications industry to wipe away a lower court decision that had upheld Obama-era net neutrality rules aimed at ensuring a free and open internet. The justices' action, however, does not undo the 2017 repeal of the policy. A report adds: The Federal Communications Commission's 2015 order to impose net neutrality rules and strictly regulate broadband was already reversed by Trump's pick for FCC chairman, Ajit Pai. But AT&T and broadband industry lobby groups were still trying to overturn court decisions that upheld the FCC order. A win for the broadband industry could have prevented future administrations from imposing a similarly strict set of rules. The Trump administration supported the industry's case, asking the US Supreme Court to vacate the Obama-era ruling.

But the Supreme Court today said it has denied petitions filed by AT&T and broadband lobby groups NCTA, CTIA, USTelecom, and the American Cable Association. Four of nine justices must agree to hear a case, but only three voted to grant the petitions. Further reading: Reuters and Variety.

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Gimme a summary without the double-negatives

[xxxJonBoyxxx]

Is net neutrality the law of the land or not?

This little nugget stood out for me

[rsilvergun]

Kavanaugh dissented from the ruling upholding net neutrality rules in 2017, arguing that the rules violate the First Amendment rights of Internet service providers by preventing them from "exercising editorial control" over Internet content.

The RIAA/MPAA would have a field day with this. If you've got editorial control then you're no longer a common carrier. Of course I'm not convinced the current Supreme Court wouldn't let them have it both ways. The above is so crazy on the face of it. "exercising editorial control"? ISP and phone companies don't have editorial control. They're a pipe. If they don't like that they can give up their monopoly to somebody who wants to follow the rules.