Supreme Court Judges Have Too Many Conflicts of Interest to Reconsider Net Neutrality

Supreme Court Judges Have Too Many Conflicts of Interest to Reconsider Net Neutrality

5 years ago
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https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/vba4jj/supreme-court-judges-have-too-many-conflicts-of-interest-to-reconsider-net-neutrality

A 2016 pro-net neutrality court decision won’t be challenged in the Supreme Court because too many judges have conflicts of interest, the court said Monday.

After the Federal Communications Commission passed sweeping net neutrality regulations in 2015, multiple telecom companies and industry groups tried to sue the FCC, claiming it wasn’t the FCC’s job to regulate the internet. This lawsuit was heard by the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, which ruled 2-1 in the FCC’s favor, saying the agency acted well within its purview.