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by rsingel 1052 days ago
That's a good question. Tech issues are tough, which is why you see lots of friend of the court briefs to explain it.

For FCC matters around net neutrality, there's generally two courts: the DC Circuit Court of Appeals and then the Supreme Court.

And, yes, they deal with it and have clerks to help.

For instance, in the biggest decision about net neutrality, the BrandX case, where the FCC was allowed to determine that Cable companies were Title I information services, DNS is mentioned 13 times in the majority decision.

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/545/967/#tab-opi...

And if you find that interesting, I recommend reading the Scalia dissent, where he said that it's totally clear that broadband is a Title II service, and letting the FCC say otherwise was wickedly wrong.