With regards to the FCC's decision to change to the multi-tiered rules, the court agreed with deregulatory groups that it was no longer in the public interest to have blanket bans, agreeing that these bans hurt localism in the news product. The Court, however, did agreed with the FCC that some regulation was still necessary. This is in part because cable and internet were not considered complete substitutes to fill the void of consolidation. The court also dismissed claims that any regulation violated the First or Fifth Amendments.