The decision of the Federal Communications Commission to repeal net neutrality regulations in 2018 was met with legal challenges arguing that the Commission did not have authority under administrative law to make such sweeping policy changes. In light of the net neutrality court battles, this historical analysis of FCC cases examines the way the Supreme Court of the United States has evaluated the FCC’s regulatory authority in cases that invoke economic considerations. The analysis indicates that the Court interprets both the Communications Act and Administrative Procedures Act as providing the FCC with considerable latitude to determine ways to regulate economic focused areas of communications, including the license application process, regulation of new technologies and challenges from citizens groups.

联邦通信委员会在 2018 年废除网络中立性法规的决定遇到了法律挑战，认为该委员会根据行政法没有权力做出如此彻底的政策改变。鉴于网络中立法庭之争，对 FCC 案件的这种历史分析考察了美国最高法院在涉及经济因素的案件中评估 FCC 监管权力的方式。分析表明，法院将《通信法》和《行政程序法》解释为为 FCC 提供了相当大的自由度，可以确定以经济为重点的通信领域的监管方式，包括许可证申请流程、新技术监管和公民团体的挑战。