A year after oral arguments, the fate of the Federal Communications Commission’s digital discrimination rules remains unresolved in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
A three-judge panel, all Republicans, heard the case, Minnesota Telecom Alliance v. FCC, on Sept. 25, 2024. But the court has yet to issue a decision.
In the meantime, the legal landscape has shifted: The Supreme Court’s Loper Bright decision ended Chevron deference, Trump issued an executive order eliminating the disparate impact standard across federal agencies, and digital discrimination rules critic Brendan Carr is now the FCC chairman.
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