Obama’s dream of extending federal control over online delivery had a final stake driven through it by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday. Writing for a unanimous panel, Circuit Judge Richard Griffin, a George W. Bush appointee, ruled that the Federal Communications Commission had no legal authority to regulate internet broadband companies, “The FCC lacks the statutory authority to impose its desired net-neutrality policies through the “telecommunications service” provision of the Communications Act.”
Net Neutrality has always been much more about an FCC power grab as the reason for its existence, regulating the electromagnetic spectrum, became less important with the advent of internet broadband services. The FCC cloaked its search for continued relevance in the guise of protecting consumers from nefarious corporate schemes to stifle…
