Trump turns to Supreme Court
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As losses mount in lower federal courts, President Donald Trump has returned to a tactic that he employed at the Supreme Court with remarkable success in his first term.
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The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to allow it to use a rarely invoked wartime law to continue to deport Venezuelans with little to no due process.
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One plaintiff, identified only by initials in court filings, is a Guatemalan man who was sent to Mexico, where he says he was previously raped.
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The Universal Service Fund spent $8.4 billion in 2024 on phone and broadband subsidies for rural and low-income households.
The challenge by conservatives to the program raised questions about how much Congress can delegate its legislative authority to a federal agency.
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
The Supreme Court appeared unlikely to strike down a major federal funding mechanism used by the Federal Communications Commission. During oral arguments Wednesday, the justices signaled their reluctance to deliver a broad ruling that could severely limit the power of federal agencies.
The Supreme Court appeared sympathetic Wednesday to a series of programs geared toward expanding high-speed internet in rural and poor communities, despite a challenge from a conservative group claiming funding for that effort violates separation of powers principles.
The US Supreme Court suggested it’s likely to uphold a federal program that uses more than $8 billion in fees imposed on phone bills to subsidize the cost of telecom services for poor people, rural residents,
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared sympathetic on Wednesday to the Federal Communications Commission's defense of the mechanism it uses to fund a multi-billion dollar effort to expand phone and broadband internet access to low-income and rural Americans and other beneficiaries.
The Supreme Court seems unlikely to strike down the E-rate program, though some justices questioned its funding structure and oversight.
The fate of an $8 billion program that funds internet services in rural areas and schools is now formally before the Supreme Court, which seemed inclined to uphold its constitutionality after arguments Wednesday.
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