U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett took issue this week with Justice Clarence Thomas. The nondelegation doctrine, which forbids Congress from transferring its primary legislative authority to federal agencies or other nonelected officials, is something that conservatives are eager to see revived, Newsweek noted.
Barrett, a Trump nominee, voiced serious concerns on March 27 about bringing back the doctrine, which hasn’t been applied since the 1930s and could significantly reduce the authority of government agencies.
It also contributes to a larger story about Barrett’s role on the court, as she avoids Thomas’s strict conservatism and instead takes a moderate stance on a number of social issues.
The Supreme Court had to decide whether an FCC fund that requires communications companies to pay for phone lines and internet cable to be installed in rural and economically disadvantaged areas is legal. The case, Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers’ Research, was heard on March 26. READ MORE