FCC fund to expand phone and internet access faces Supreme Court scrutiny
The Supreme Court appeared likely to reject an effort to invalidate the FCC's multi-billion-dollar mechanism for expanding ...
Supreme Court seems likely to OK $8 billion phone and internet subsidy for rural, low-income areas
Liberal and conservative justices voiced concern about potentially devastating consequences of eliminating the fund that has ...
US Supreme Court seems inclined to preserve Federal Communications Commission fund
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared sympathetic on Wednesday to the Federal Communications Commission's defense of the mechanism ...
Supreme Court to weigh congressional power to delegate
The Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in cases over how much power Congress can give to executive agencies.
Conservatives target $8 billion internet and phone subsidy. Supreme Court weighs in.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear a challenge to the $8 billion Universal Service Fund program that could jeopardize ...
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5th Circuit slaps down EPA denial of Mississippi ozone plan
The Tuesday ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals simultaneously rejected requests from Texas and Louisiana — as ...
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Supreme Court to hear “nondelegation” challenge to telecom access program
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday in a major challenge to the federal “E-rate program,” which ...
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Louisiana's nitrogen gas execution back on for next week, federal appeals court rules
"In sum, the district court didn’t just get the legal analysis wrong — it turned the Constitution on its head, by relying on ...
Supreme Court takes up $8 billion phone and internet subsidy for rural and low-income areas
Tens of millions of Americans have benefited from the programs that receive money from the fund and eliminating it “would ...