Markey, Eshoo Plan To File Brief Backing FCC in Net Neutrality Court Case
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., plan to file an amicus brief backing the FCC’s net neutrality order arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, they said in a notice submitted to the…
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court Friday. The notice also said “other members of Congress” would be involved, not naming any directly. “Amici are members of Congress, some of whom were instrumental in the enactment of the Telecommunications Act of 1996,” it said, “and all of whom have had substantial experience with Congress’s role in legislative oversight of the FCC.” Tim Wu, a net neutrality advocate and law professor, also submitted a notice saying he would file a brief backing the FCC. Several unnamed professors of administrative law also plan to file a brief backing the FCC, a different notice said. “Amici curiae are law professors who teach, research, and write in the areas of federal administrative law and procedure,” that notice said. The case is USTelecom v. FCC, No. 15-1063.