The Supreme Court said on June 27 that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had not violated the Constitution in its operation of a fund geared at providing universal telecommunications service to Americans.
The 6–3 decision said that the FCC’s scheme of funding universal service did not violate the nondelegation doctrine, which generally prohibits Congress from allowing other entities to take on its legislative responsibilities.
Justice Elena Kagan wrote the majority opinion and was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts in addition to Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Sonia Sotomayor, and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
In the dissent was Justice Neil Gorsuch, who penned an opinion joined by Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas….