Resurrected Consumer Group Leads Next Attack on Regulators

A group that’s spent the last four years attacking companies for promoting diversity, equity, inclusion and other “woke” policies is now taking aim at federal regulators in the next big swipe at the administrative state to reach the Supreme Court.

Consumers’ Research’s immediate target is a federal program that forces telecom carriers to contribute to a fund that makes telephone and internet services affordable for rural and low-income people. The ultimate goal of the case being argued March 26 is to revive a long-dormant legal principle that prohibits Congress from delegating its legislative power to federal agencies.

Consumers’ Research Executive ...