Overview
Communications Daily quoted Pantelis Michalopoulos in an article titled "High Court Nominee Kavanaugh Seen Complicating FCC Regulation; Battle Lines Form." The article, published July 11, discusses how US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is likely to raise the bar for Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations if confirmed.
The “major rules” approach isn’t necessarily negative for net neutrality, says Michalopoulos, who believes insufficient attention has been paid to the doctrine’s implications. "It's not a one-way street. A deregulatory rule is no less a rule, which means the [2017] restoring internet freedom rule could encounter an obstacle under Judge Kavanaugh's formulation." Yet Kavanaugh also wrote in USTelecom the best statutory read is that broadband should be classified under Title I, as the current FCC did in rolling back net neutrality regulation.
The full article can be read at Communications Daily (subscription required).