Dear Friend,

We could be just days away from a federal court decision THROWING OUT Ajit
Pai’s repeal of net neutrality.

Ajit Pai, the former Verizon lawyer in charge of the FCC, violated the law
in his rush to repeal net neutrality.^1 Now a federal appeals court is
about to rule on whether the repeal can remain in place despite Pai's
failing to follow the law, or whether strong net neutrality protections
will be reinstated.^2

The court ruling on net neutrality is due to come down any day now, and
Demand Progress is getting ready to launch an emergency campaign to defend
net neutrality when the decision drops. Will you donate now?

[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll donate to help save net neutrality.

Here's the story: After the FCC voted to overturn the 2015 Open Internet
Order, which ensures strong net neutrality, a group of open-internet
defenders — including state attorneys general and tech companies — sued
the FCC for failing to follow the law in its repeal. Specifically, Pai
failed to take into consideration public safety, cherrypicked data, and
abandoned the FCC's responsibility to oversee the broadband industry and
protect consumers.^3

In other words, not only was the repeal of net neutrality a total mess —
it was illegal.

In February, net neutrality got its day in court. Pro-net neutrality
lawyers highlighted how internet providers had used the repeal to throttle
speeds and slow access, even for a fire department battling a massive
wildfire.^4 They showed how Pai and the other Republican FCC commissioners
ignored evidence given by experts in overturning net neutrality.^5 And the
FCC ignored overwhelming public opposition to the repeal.^6

In a few days, we could know the outcome of that case. If the court rules
in favor of net neutrality, we need to make sure Congress doesn't do
anything to weaken strong protections. If the court sides with Pai, we’ll
need to ramp up our campaign to pass legislation that fully restores net
neutrality. There are a lot of ways this case could go, and we have to be
prepared for all of them.

[ [link removed] ]This could be our best chance to save net neutrality. Will you donate
today?

Thanks for standing with us.

Robert Cruickshank,
Demand Progress

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Sources:

1. Multichannel, "Mozilla, Others: FCC Net Neutrality Reg Rollback Broke
Law," [ [link removed] ]August 20, 2018
2. The Verge, "What we learned from net neutrality’s big day in court,"
[ [link removed] ]February 1, 2019
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid.
5. Gizmodo, "FCC Faces Off in Net Neutrality Lawsuit Against Consumer
Advocates and Internet Giants," [ [link removed] ]February 2, 2019
6. Program for Public Consultation, "Overwhelming Bipartisan Public
Opposition to Repealing Net Neutrality Persists," [ [link removed] ]April 18, 2018
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