Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers' Research, 606 U.S. ___ (2025), is a decision of the United States Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of the Universal Service Fund under the nondelegation doctrine.[1][2]
Quick Facts Argued March 26, 2025 Decided June 27, 2025, Full case name ...
| FCC v. Consumers' Research |
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| Full case name | Federal Communications Commission, et al. v. Consumers' Research, et al.; Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition v. Consumers' Research |
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| Docket nos. | 24-354
24-422 |
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| Citations | 606 U.S. ___ (more) |
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| Argument | Oral argument |
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1. Whether Congress violated the nondelegation doctrine by authorizing the Federal Communications Commission to determine, within the limits set forth in 47 U.S.C. § 254, the amount that providers must contribute to the Universal Service Fund;
2. Whether the FCC violated the nondelegation doctrine by using the financial projections of the private company appointed as the fund's administrator in computing universal service contribution rates;
3. Whether the combination of Congress's conferral of authority on the FCC and the FCC's delegation of administrative responsibilities to the administrator violates the nondelegation doctrine; and
4. Whether this case is moot in light of the challengers' failure to seek preliminary relief before the 5th Circuit. |
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| The universal-service contribution scheme does not violate the nondelegation doctrine. |
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- Chief Justice
- John Roberts
- Associate Justices
- Clarence Thomas · Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Neil Gorsuch · Brett Kavanaugh
Amy Coney Barrett · Ketanji Brown Jackson
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| Majority | Kagan, joined by Roberts, Sotomayor, Kavanaugh, Barrett, Jackson |
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| Concurrence | Kavanaugh |
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| Concurrence | Jackson |
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| Dissent | Gorsuch, joined by Thomas, Alito |
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