FCC General Counsel Pledges to Fight for Pre-emption
FCC General Counsel Thomas Johnson plans to spend 2020 fighting to uphold FCC pre-emptions of state and local governments in court, he said in Monday remarks at a TaxWatch event. “States and localities have litigated heavily against the FCC whenever…
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it has attempted to streamline regulations,” including now in cases about wireless infrastructure at the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals and cable franchise changes at the 6th Circuit, he said. “We feel confident that our actions are well supported by the law.” Many states and localities have been helpful 5G partners, he said. “But too often, state and local governments adopt regulations that resemble Cerberus, the fearsome three-headed dog of Greek mythology that guarded the gates of Hell.”