D.C. Memo: Court Blocks FCC's Net Neutrality Rules, Citing Major Questions Doctrine

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Net Neutrality: A federal court in Ohio yesterday blocked the FCC from enforcing its Net Neutrality rules scheduled to go into effect on Monday. The ruling was a setback for the White House as President Biden had issued an executive order in 2021 calling on the FCC to adopt the rules.

"Because the broadband providers have shown that they are likely to succeed on the merits and that the equities support them, we grant the stay," a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati said in 14-page ruling.

The unanimous court shut down the FCC just 98 days after the agency adopted the rules amid clear warnings from some notable Democratic allies that the courts were unlikely to defer to the agency on such a consequential matter regarding Internet governance.

FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, a Democrat named to head the agency by Biden in 2021, issued a statement immediately after the court's decision was posted online.