Comment by ilovetux
2 hours ago
Didn't the supreme court recently overturn the Chevron Doctrine?
Doesn't that mean agencies like this are not free to set their own rules when a law is ambiguous?
And isnt the cap on number of households reached actually codified unambiguously in federal law?
Seems to me like this should not be allowed to happen.
Let me know if I am wrong.
If this Baltimore Sun article is accurate, it's worse than that as it sounds like the FCC is overriding a law passed by Congress and not just (re)setting a rule.
> The 39% cap was established by Congress in 2004.
1. https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/08/06/federal-communicatio...
And what is this Congress going to do about it? Nothing.
Well, you see, under the current administration, everything is allowed.
> Doesn't that mean agencies like this are not free to set their own rules when a law is ambiguous?
Agencies can say whatever they want but courts are not required to defer to them when this inevitably goes to a lawsuit.
Thanks. That actually makes it make more sense, chevron doctrine applied to courts and what they can/can't do.
Edit: made applies past tense
The law isn't ambiguous.
True, I tried to convey that.
The difference in this case is that the victims are the general public, who don't even own a single lobbyist and can be safely ignored.