Will Brendan Carr go on a podcast about this?

More than any other Court in history, the Roberts Court uses its docket discretion for the purpose of reconsidering and overruling precedent. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

The Federal Communications Bar Association has an annual dinner, where, by tradition, the FCC Chair gives a speech. Is Jimmy Kimmel available to emcee the event? The FCBA should seriously consider it.

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

I wrote a little bit about how California proposed a law making broadband affordable for poor people. And how telecom lobbyists have already destroyed the effort:

UC Berkeley Law Professor Tejas Narechania (@tnarecha.bsky.social) weighed in on CA's effort to regulate streaming services, saying it can attempt to enact “consumer protections aimed at California residents, even if they affected out-of-state content providers.” calmatters.org/newsletter/c...

From a discretionary denial decision last week: "it is an inefficient use of Board resources to review the ’540 patent that has been dismissed from the litigation." So if it's in litigation, it's a waste of resources to review. And if it isn't... it's a waste of resources to review. GMAFB.

But it still says "brought to life in the USA" which would seem to run afoul of FTC guidelines, see www.ftc.gov/business-gui... What will Andrew Ferguson do?? Probably nothing.

a fairness doctrine for polarized media

Great piece + thread

Why federalism should embrace a federal moratorium on state regulation of AI is ... a take. Exactly the sort of post-hoc ends-oriented nonsense you'd expect

Turning a promising program for bridging the digital divide into an Elon Musk giveaway. Infuriating.

Thanks, @ssrn.bsky.social, for highlighting my recent work with the brilliant Scott Shenker!

Check out the latest from the SSRN #blog which includes a selection of recent #research on #cybersecurity & data privacy. Read more: http://spkl.io/63320ffily#blog#research#cybersecurity#Academicsky #AcademicChatter #dataprivacy

Again, for the folks in the back: The Roberts Court is historically unique in its willingness to hear cases to reconsider and overrule precedent. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Before funding these tax-and-transfer bailouts for AT&T and other telcos, we should force those companies to account for the billions of dollars they've already wasted. See, e.g., harvardlawreview.org/blog/2024/07...

FTC, where you at?

Wow 🤩!

Who has the best @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social students? This guy.

Unresolved circuit court splits mean similar parties are treated differently under federal law for arbitrary reasons. @tnarecha.bsky.social's analysis of SCOTUS's conflicts docket reveals notable findings with implications for matters of Court reform. californialawreview.org/print/cert-splits

absolutely LOVE to see this groundswell of interest in broadband rate regulation...

I'm thrilled that my latest piece on certiorari, "Which Splits? Certiorari in Conflicts Cases," is out in its final form, thanks to the @califlrev.bsky.social! Read it here! www.californialawreview.org/print/cert-s...

Hey @ssrn.bsky.social @approvemypaper.bsky.social, can you please approve this paper submitted a month ago?!

The rise of pseudo-academic institutions that are funded by ideological interests---and their platforming by scholarly venues (such as Google Scholar, or scholarly blogs)---is a scourge on real, scholarly, academic work.

The paper is here, forthcoming in the Berkeley Technology Law Journal (👋 @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social & @bclt.bsky.social) and is co-authored with the AMAZING and BRILLIANT Scott Shenker, whose contributions to Internet architecture are too many to count. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 2/3

Look, I know, ** all this ** But if you're interested in something a bit more academic and technical, but HUGELY important, here's a new piece on how the Internet's infrastructure is fundamentally changing, with big consequences for competition, resiliency, the digital divide, and innovation. 1/3

At the risk of repeating myself... The data show that the Roberts Court evinces a "historically unique proclivity to grant review in cases to consider whether to overrule precedent." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

At the risk of repeating myself... The Roberts Court evinces a "historically unique proclivity to grant review in cases to consider whether to overrule precedent." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Look, I know, ** all this ** But if you're interested in something a bit more academic and technical, but HUGELY important, here's a new piece on how the Internet's infrastructure is fundamentally changing, with big consequences for competition, resiliency, the digital divide, and innovation. 1/3

Last week, I posted a thread about how the Trump Administration is destroying vital broadband programs. Now, hear it directly from the officials being pushed out(?) of the government... (My thread below.) www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

During the Biden Administration, Congress allocated $42 billion for broadband infrastructure. Now, Trump officials are trying to tear down key aspects of the program. A short thread, though I fear I'm just shouting into the void here... 1/6

As Nessent v. Dellinger now appears on the Court's shadow docket, it is important to remember that the Roberts Court, more than any other in a century, deploys its docket discretion to pick & choose cases for the purposes of revisiting and overruling precedent (perhaps like Humphrey's Executor). 1/2

I'm thrilled that my work on the FCC's Connect America Fund, co-authored with Haarika Manda and others at UC Santa Barbara, was honored with this research prize!

Excited and grateful that my paper with @tnarecha.bsky.social on AI and Antimonopoly is a finalist for @carnegieendow.bsky.social award for scholarship on AI! carnegieendowment.org/posts/2024/1...

As I said in the other place, this year's Foreword, by @kmtani.bsky.social, is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand what the Court does when it decides which cases to decide, and is sure to be a canonical cite in any future work on certiorari and case selection!

"Leaving the development of such a revolutionary technology to a few unregulated mega-corporations is short-sighted at best and dangerous at worst." @ganeshsitaraman.bsky.social @tnarecha.bsky.social on how regulation & a public option could help avoid AI threats: www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Interesting article! @tnarecha.bsky.social and @ganeshsitaraman.bsky.social have a paper that might provide some useful ideas for the next one: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....