All-GOP Judicial Panel Picked to Hear FCC Net Neutrality Case

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2024 – The judges named Tuesday to hear the challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's Net Neutrality rules were all appointed by Republican presidents.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit posted the names of the judges, who were randomly selected, on the court's website early Tuesday ahead of oral arguments on Oct. 31, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. ET in Cincinnati.

The judges named were Richard Allen Griffin, Raymond M. Kethledge, and John K. Bush. Griffin was appointed by President George W. Bush in 2005, Kethledge by Bush in 2008, and Bush by President Donald J. Trump in 2017.