Statement of Commissioner Pai on DC Appeals Court Rebuking FCC Overreach

In 2015, the Federal Communications Commission adopted the VoIP Symmetry Order on a partyline vote. As I said in my dissent, the order “alters our rules to mean something they’ve never meant before.” This morning, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals vacated that order, finding it unlawful. I welcome this latest reminder from the federal courts that neither the FCC nor any other administrative agency is above the law.