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66 Fed. Comm. L.J. 415 (2013-2014)
Wickard for the Internet - Network Neutrality after Verizon v. FCC

handle is hein.journals/fedcom66 and id is 447 raw text is: Wickard for the Internet? Network
Neutrality After Verizon v. FCC
Christopher S. Yoo*
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I.   INTRODUCTION        .............................................417
II.   SECTION 706 AS A GRANT OF AUTHORITY        ....................419
A. The Text ofSection 706..........................422
B. The Court's Expansive Reading of Section 706.......................426
C. The Impact of the Canons of Construction.....       ........428
D. The Legislative History of Section 706........ .................430
E. The Questionable Empirical Foundation for the Court's
Reasoning...............................            .....431
III.  LIMITS ON THE FCC's SECTION 706 AUTHORITY       .   ..............433
A. Statutory Limits on the FCC's Jurisdiction ........  ........433
B. Common Carriage as a Limit to Section 706 Authority...........435
C. Commercial Reasonableness as an Alternative Standard........437
1. Impact on Competition     .................      ...... 438
2. Impact on Consumers      ..................      ...... 439
3. Industry Practices     ......................    ..... 440
IV.   TITLE II RECLASSIFICATION.........................      .......440
A. Legal Barriers to Reclassification...............     .....441
B. Overlooked Implications ofReclassification............................443
1. Common Carriage's Inapplicability to Complementary
Services        ............................     ...... 443
2. The Permissibility of Prioritized Service ................ 444
* John H. Chestnut Professor of Law, Communication, and Computer & Information
Science and Founding Director of the Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition,
University of Pennsylvania.

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