Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition, et al., Petitioners v. Consumers' Research, et al.

  1. March 28, 2025

    GOP Rep. Says Lawmakers Ready For FCC Subsidy Fix

    Congress will be prepared to reform the country's telecom subsidy programs for low-income and rural consumers if the U.S. Supreme Court decides they must be overhauled, according to a key House Republican.

  2. March 26, 2025

    Sotomayor Urges Caution On Nondelegation Doctrine Revamp

    U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor cautioned her colleagues during oral arguments Wednesday against using a challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's administration of a broadband subsidy program as a way to resurrect the long-dormant nondelegation doctrine. Several conservative justices, however, seemed willing to disregard that admonition.

  3. March 26, 2025

    Supreme Court Skeptical Of Nixing FCC Subsidy Fund

    Conservative justices took aim Wednesday at rising costs in the country's multibillion-dollar phone and broadband subsidy system, questioning whether lawmakers put meaningful limits on the program's growth, but some argued the fund works just like others created by Congress that rely on revenues from industry fees.

  4. March 22, 2025

    Up Next At High Court: Non-Delegation & Clean Air Fights

    The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the bench Monday to hear arguments in a dispute that could revive a long-dormant separation of powers principle and trigger a regulatory power shift. 

  5. March 14, 2025

    Gov't Tells Justices FCC Subsidy Critics Target 'Strawman'

    Opponents of the Federal Communications Commission's nearly 30-year-old telecom subsidy system are making "strawman" arguments by claiming taxing power has been unlawfully delegated away from Congress, the government told the U.S. Supreme Court.

  6. February 11, 2025

    ​​​​​​​FCC's Subsidy Fund Like 'Bureaucrat's Dream,' Justices Told

    A free-market litigation group urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to overturn the Federal Communications Commission's fee system to support telecom subsidies, comparing the regime to an out-of-control IRS with unbridled taxing powers.

  7. January 31, 2025

    Supreme Court Eyes Its 'Next Frontier' In FCC Delegation Case

    A case about broadband subsidies will give the U.S. Supreme Court the chance to revive a long-dormant separation of powers principle that attorneys say could upend regulations in numerous industries and trigger a power shift that would make last term's shake-up of federal agency authority pale in comparison. And a majority of the court already appears to support its resurrection.

  8. January 24, 2025

    Lawmakers Want FCC Subsidy Fund Preserved At High Court

    Nearly 30 members of the U.S. House and Senate from both parties are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to keep in place the Federal Communications Commission's system of raising funds from telecom providers to pay for connectivity around the country.

  9. January 21, 2025

    Ex-FCC Members Oppose 5th Circ. Universal Service Ruling

    A bipartisan group of eight former members of the Federal Communications Commission is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a Fifth Circuit ruling that found the mechanism for funding the FCC's universal service subsidies unconstitutional.

  10. January 15, 2025

    Alaska Says Death Of USF Would Be 'Devastating' For State

    The people of Alaska will suffer if the U.S. Supreme Court does not undo a Fifth Circuit decision demolishing the Federal Communications Commission's multibillion-dollar subsidy fund, which reduces phone and internet costs for schools, libraries and low-income households, the state has told the justices.