The U.S. Supreme Court is currently deliberating on two significant cases involving the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In the Clean Air Act cases, namely EPA v. Calumet Shreveport Refining and Oklahoma v. EPA, the justices are examining whether challenges to EPA actions can be filed in state courts or if they must be directed to the D.C. Circuit. This decision could impact how industry groups and states appeal EPA regulations affecting air pollution prevention plans. Concurrently, the Court is hearing arguments in FCC v. Consumers’ Research, which questions the legality of the FCC's Universal Service Fund, a program that subsidizes telecommunications services in underserved areas. This case could potentially reshape the extent of federal agency power and the delegation of congressional authority. The FCC program involves over $8 billion annually aimed at supporting phone and internet services for schools, libraries, and rural communities. The justices' decisions in these cases may have lasting implications for federal regulatory power and the jurisdiction of federal courts in environmental and telecommunications matters.
U.S. Supreme Court justices indicated they want to preserve circuit courts' jurisdiction over certain regional Clean Air Act disputes but recognized that Congress deliberately prioritized the D.C. Circuit's authority in many important areas of the law. https://t.co/UlqjilrFdC https://t.co/qNVWz3iRja
The US Supreme Court suggested it’s likely to uphold a federal program that uses more than $8 billion in fees imposed on phone bills to subsidize the cost of telecom services for poor people, rural residents, schools and libraries. https://t.co/HGL2JCRDxM
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