In one of the most consequential decisions to come out of the latest batch of SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States) rulings, a critical blow has been dealt to regulatory agencies like the FCC – by ending a 40-year old precedent that gave these bodies much of their rule-setting powers and made them virtually immune to legal challenges. The implications are enormous and wide-ranging. Just now, the FCC is fighting against ISPs for the restoration of net neutrality. This could be out the window, as the communications regulator has effectively been made toothless in all upcoming judicial battles. The FCC, like most regulatory agencies, has been operating under a longstanding precedent through which courts defer to federal agencies in…