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From Cyrus Farivar's article in Ars Technica:
A group of well-known libertarian organizations [3] has filed an amicus brief [4] (PDF) to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in support of the plaintiff in the Verizon v. Federal Communications Commission case [5]. Verizon filed its own brief [6] earlier this month.
In the brief, TechFreedom, The Competitive Enterprise Institute, The Free State Foundation, and the Cato Institute argue that the last year’s FCC net neutrality order [7] “Preserving the Open Internet [8]” (PDF), which took effect in November 2011, violates the First and Fifth Amendments, and that the FCC lacks jurisdictional authority to implement such a rule.
Links:
[1] http://cei.org/other/cei-staff
[2] http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/07/libertarians-make-the-case-net-neutrality-is-unconstitutional/
[3] http://techfreedom.org/amicus-briefs/2012/07/24/verizon-v-fcc-net-neutrality-amicus-brief-techfreedom-cei-free-state-founda
[4] http://techfreedom.org/sites/default/files/Verizon_v_FCC_Amicus_Brief.pdf
[5] http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/10/verizon-sues-to-halt-fccs-net-neutrality-rules/
[6] http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/07/verizon-net-neutrality-violates-our-free-speech-rights/
[7] http://www.fcc.gov/rulemaking/09-191
[8] http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-10-201A1.pdf