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unreasonable discrimination and, if so, what legal authority
and theories should we rely upon to do so?” Id. In light of
those questions, US Telecom was on notice that the
Commission might adopt a different standard to effectuate its
goal of protecting internet openness.
US Telecom contends that the NPRM was nonetheless
inadequate because general notice of the possible adoption of
a new standard, without notice about the rule’s content, is
insufficient. But the NPRM described in significant detail the
factors that would animate a new standard. See, e.g., id. at
5605–06 ¶¶ 124–126; id. at 5607 ¶¶ 129–31; id. at 5608
¶ 134. The factors that are to guide application of the General
Conduct Rule significantly resemble those identified in the
NPRM. See 2015 Open Internet Order, 30 FCC Rcd. at
5661–64 ¶¶ 139–45. The Rule also adopted the “case-bycase,” “totality of the circumstances” approach proposed in
the NPRM. 29 FCC Rcd. at 5604 ¶ 122. By making clear
that the Commission was considering establishment of a
general standard and providing indication of its content, the
NPRM offered adequate notice under the APA.
Moving to the substance of US Telecom’s vagueness
argument, we note initially that it comes to us as a facial
challenge. Traditionally, a petitioner could succeed on such a
claim “only if the enactment [wa]s impermissibly vague in all
of its applications.” Village of Hoffman Estates v. Flipside,
Hoffman Estates, Inc., 455 U.S. 489, 495 (1982). That high
bar was grounded in the understanding that a “plaintiff who
engages in some conduct that is clearly proscribed cannot
complain of the vagueness of the law as applied to the
conduct of others.” Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, 561
U.S. 1, 18–19 (2010) (internal quotation marks omitted).
More recently, however, in Johnson v. United States, 135 S.
Ct. 2551 (2015), the Supreme Court suggested some
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