Calif. Democrats Urge Garland Pull DOJ From Suit Against State's Net Neutrality Law
Rep. Anna Eshoo and 12 other Democratic members of California’s House delegation urged Attorney General-designate Merrick Garland to “withdraw” DOJ from the federal government’s lawsuit at U.S. District Court for Eastern California challenging that state’s net neutrality law (case 2:18-cv-02660).…
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The department is expected to leave that legal challenge once President-elect Joe Biden takes office next week (see 2101070067). The arguments DOJ and industry groups made in U.S. v. California “extend further than even the FCC’s” order rescinding its 2015 net neutrality rules “and have implications on the ability of California and other states to regulate many communications and technology policy issues,” Eshoo and others wrote Garland Tuesday. Others signing the letter were House Communications Subcommittee Vice Chair Doris Matsui, Jared Huffman, Ro Khanna, Barbara Lee, Mike Levin, Ted Lieu, Jerry McNerney, Jimmy Panetta, Jackie Speier, Eric Swalwell, Mike Thompson and Mark Takano. Biden’s transition team and DOJ didn’t comment Wednesday.