WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments regarding the constitutionality of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Universal Service Fund (USF), after agreeing to review a decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals finding it unconstitutional under the nondelegation doctrine. Boyden Gray PLLC and Texas Public Policy Foundation are representing the challengers.
Congress originally authorized the FCC to raise money for the USF, supposedly to expand telephone service. But Congress never set any limits on how much the FCC can collect, handing a blank check to an agency full of bureaucrats. Then the FCC redelegated this taxing power to a private entity full of self-interested telecom insiders, in effect allowing an unelected corporation to set the tax rates paid by millions of Americans.
When: Wednesday, March 26th at 10:00am ET
Where: Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, DC
Live Audio: https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx
To watch a preview of the hearing with Boyden Gray PLLC Partner Trent McCotter and TPPF Executive Director and General Counsel Robert Henneke, click here.
To read more about the case, click here.
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