Liberal and conservative justices voiced concern about potentially devastating consequences of eliminating the fund that has benefited millions of Americans.

The challenge by conservatives to the program raised questions about how much Congress can delegate its legislative authority to a federal agency.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme ... right case for the court to revamp the nondelegation doctrine,” lawyer Paul Clement told the justices on behalf associations of telecommunications companies.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed poised to uphold the federal ... Congress created the Universal Service Fund as part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to ensure that all U.S. residents and ...

At the Supreme Court today is another challenge to the way federal agencies operate. The issue at hand: Did Congress overstep ...

Supreme Court Seems Likely ... part of its overhaul of the telecommunications industry in 1996, aimed at promoting competition and eliminating monopolies. The subsidies for rural and low-income ...