FCC's Net Neutrality Rules May Not Survive Court

Oral arguments in Verizon v. FCC last 2 hours

D.C.'s political bookies are giving the full survival of the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules long odds.

In a packed Washington courtroom Monday morning, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard arguments in Verizon v. FCC, the landmark case challenging the FCC's authority to regulate the Internet.

The panel of three judges were so interested in the case that they extended the oral arguments from the traditional 45 minutes to two hours, still only a short time for a roomful of attorneys to determine the fate of Internet regulation.

"I found it chilling—judges trying to figure out where Internet governance should go," said former FCC commissioner Robert McDowell, now a fellow with the Hudson Institute.

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