Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Tax on Telephone Service

The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals previously ruled that the system used to support the Universal Service Fund was unconstitutional.

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Feb. 10, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Supreme Court on March 26 considered whether it should uphold a lower court ruling that invalidated an $8-billion-a-year broadband subsidy for rural and low-income regions.

The case is actually two cases. One is Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers’ Research. The other is Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition v. Consumers’ Research.