Comcast v. FCC, Chemical Scares and Eminent Domain
The U.S. Court of Appeals’ decision in Comcast v. FCC limits the FCC’s power to enforce net neutrality.
Time magazine publishes a list of “household toxins.”
People in Auburn, NY protest the city’s plan to seize properties using the power of eminent domain.
1. TECHNOLOGY
The US Court of Appeals’ decision in Comcast v. FCC limits the Commission’s power to enforce net neutrality.
CEI Expert Available to Comment: Associate Director of Technology Studies Ryan Radia on why the court’s decision is significant.
“The D.C. Circuit interpreted the Communications Act properly in its ruling against the FCC, and the decision should come as welcome news for consumers and entrepreneurs alike. Hopefully the court’s ruling will spell an end to the FCC’s push to dictate the outcomes of market disputes over network access and pricing.”
2. REGULATION
Time magazine publishes a list of “household toxins.”
CEI Expert Available to Comment: Vice President for Strategy Iain Murray on BPA paranoia.
“The war against BPA is an unrelenting, well-funded propaganda campaign to disregard science in favor of ideology. Every time science scores a victory, the environmental establishment opens another front. When that fails, the groups try to undermine investment in technologies they oppose. In all of this, they are aided by willing allies in the media, who are only too happy to scare people about some new imagined horror, even if it means keeping those same people out of work. We should condemn Time for joining in the environmentalist assault on science.”
3. LEGAL
People in Auburn, NY protested over the weekend about the city’s plan to seize properties using the power of eminent domain.
CEI Expert Available to Comment: Policy Analyst Marc Scribner on why we need eminent domain reform.
“Put simply: government has an incentive to abuse redevelopment processes and is incapable of knowing key economic variables necessary to promote long-term growth. In addition to the actual land grab, cities often bungle the public financing mechanisms to such a great degree that they often end up far worse than they started from a fiscal perspective.”