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The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review challenges to the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) authority to impose fees to fund the Universal Service Fund. This decision upholds the FCC's $8 billion annual subsidy program, which helps cover telecom costs for low-income individuals and residents of rural areas. The court turned away two appeals that questioned whether the fee-based telecom subsidy system unlawfully delegates taxing powers from Congress to the FCC and a privately run administrator. The non-delegation challenge was also rejected.
The US Supreme Court agreed to hear a lawsuit by more than 200 hospitals that serve low-income populations accusing the federal government of shortchanging them on Medicare funding by about $1.5 billion per year https://t.co/uembtcu9wA @brenpiers https://t.co/IUiQF69Bum
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to review whether the country's fee-based telecom subsidy system unlawfully delegates taxing powers from Congress to the Federal Communications Commission and a privately run administrator. https://t.co/Bmh8UerfS6 https://t.co/x7YvbKAYEy
The Supreme Court declined to question the $8 billion annual subsidy that helps cover the cost of telecom services for poor people and residents of rural areas, turning away two appeals that sought to rein in federal regulatory power. https://t.co/w30NVNPprS
