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In a bit of good news for the Obama administration (and most Americans), the U.S. D.C Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the FCC's Open Internet Order rules:
High-speed internet service can be defined as a utility, a federal court has ruled, a decision clearing the way for more rigorous policing of broadband providers and greater protections for web users.
The court's decision upholds the F.C.C. on the declaration of broadband as a utility, the most significant aspect of the rules. That has broad-reaching implications for web and telecommunications companies and signals a shift in the government's view of broadband as a service that should be equally accessible to all Americans, rather than a luxury that does not need close government supervision.
The court's opinion can be found here.
takyon: Also at Tom's Hardware. Alternate link for the Appeals Court decision.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 15 2016, @12:31AM
Seat-belt laws for instance seem good. What's wrong with those regulations?
The fact that they exist. They are just yet another excuse that cops can use to screw with people in other ways. Pull them over for not wearing a seat-belt or appearing to not wear it and then scare them into 'consenting' to a search, and all sorts of lovely things can happen from there.
(Score: 2) by Capt. Obvious on Wednesday June 15 2016, @01:44AM
Seat belt violations, at least everywhere I've lived, are not a valid reason to pull someone over. They've only been able to be enforced after the officer had already pulled you over for another reason, e.g. speeding.
Now, did that mean if you didn't wear a seatbelt, and were speeding alongside to someone who was, that you were more likely to get pulled over for speeding? Possibly.
(Score: 2) by frojack on Wednesday June 15 2016, @03:27AM
Well, in typical regulation creep, seatbelt use (or lack there of) is now legally defined as sufficient cause for a citation all by it self in the majority of US states.
http://www.ghsa.org/html/stateinfo/laws/seatbelt_laws.html [ghsa.org]
34 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands have primary seat belt laws for front seat occupants.
15 states have secondary laws. In many of these states, the law is primary for younger drivers and/or passengers.
New Hampshire has enacted neither a primary nor a secondary seat belt law for adults, although the state does have a primary child passenger safety law that covers all drivers and passengers under 18.
Rear Seats: 28 states, D.C., Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, have laws requiring belt use for all rear seat passengers. In 17 of these states, D.C., Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, the law is primary.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 15 2016, @05:53PM
exactly. nothing but excuses for theft.