Law’s Jonathan Adler discusses a federal appeals court decision ruling against the FCC’s $8 billion program for poor and rural phone and broadband service

Telecom subsidy case is part of bigger push to curb agency power

Bloomberg TaxJonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, discussed a federal appeals court decision that ruled against the FCC’s $8 billion program for poor and rural phone and broadband service, deeming it an unconstitutional delegation of Congress’ taxing authority to a non-governmental organization, and challenging federal agency power and decision-making delegation. “I don’t think it’s likely that we get a broad non-delegation holding,” he said.