( June 4, 2026, 1:33 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an 8-1 ruling issued June 4 by the U.S. Supreme Court in consolidated cases in which Verizon Communications Inc. and AT&T Inc. asserted constitutional challenges to the Federal Communications Commission’s enforcement of monetary forfeitures under the Communications Act, a majority held that the FCC’s forfeiture orders do not violate the Seventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution because the forfeiture proceedings do not resolve the parties’ legal obligations....