D.C. Memo: SCOTUS Won’t Hear ISPs' Challenge to N.Y. Rate Law; Big Win for AG James

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SCOTUS: A Republican-packed Supreme Court yesterday gave the green light for New York state to begin enforcement of its law that sets the rates that ISPs may charge to qualified low-income households – perhaps opening the door for other states to pass similar laws that flout the FCC’s light-touch regulatory approach to the Internet re-established by Republican FCC Chairman Ajit Pai in 2017. Because there were not at least four votes to take the case -- a shocking result given the Roberts Court’s 6-3 GOP advantage – N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, was handed a major victory that represented a bitter defeat for ISPs determined to block the law from ever taking effect. James said months ago she would start enforcing the law within 30 days if the court refused to hear the ISPs’ appeal. Her office did not have a comment yesterday. Under the N.Y. law, ISPs are required to offer low-income consumers a basic service plan of 25 Mbps for $15 per month or 200 Mbps for $20 per month. (Story continues after paywall.)