The Supreme Court announced Friday ... invalidating the Universal Service Fund (USF), a federal subsidy aimed at providing affordable telecommunications services to rural and low-income consumers.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme ... right case for the court to revamp the nondelegation doctrine,” lawyer Paul Clement told the justices on behalf associations of telecommunications companies.

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on ... agency and whether the Supreme Court should tighten that standard. Under a law Congress passed in 1996, telecommunications companies are charged a ...

The Supreme Court’s conservative ... the Louisiana-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declared the universal service fee unconstitutional. “American telecommunications consumers are ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared unlikely to strike down a Federal Communications Commission program that subsidizes telecommunications services in rural and low-income areas.

The Supreme Court leaned toward upholding a $9 billion subsidy program that funds phone and internet services in rural areas and schools during oral arguments Wednesday. The dispute gives the ...

A 1996 federal law providing subsidies ... by Supreme Court precedent without disputing that the double delegation at issue here is unprecedented," Oldham wrote. Oldham said American telecom ...

The Supreme Court hears ... as part of its overhaul of the telecommunications industry in 1996, aimed at promoting competition and eliminating monopolies. The subsidies for rural and low-income ...