Government,
Constitutional Law,
Administrative/Regulatory
Dec. 3, 2015
Panel set to weigh challenge to net neutrality rule changes
This past September, the ACLU did something unusual, filing a legal brief taking the federal government's side in a First Amendment issue.
The American Civil Liberties Union did something unusual last September: Along with our friends at Electronic Frontier Foundation and the ACLU of the Nation's Capital, we filed a legal brief taking the federal government's side on a First Amendment issue. As longtime defenders of the First Amendment, we almost always find ourselves opposing government actions, not applauding them. So what caused this rare meeting of minds? Net neutrality.
Internet service providers, or ISPs, challeng...
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