Bell Atlantic Maryland, Inc. v. MCI Worldcom, Inc.

It can hardly be stated more convincingly than Justice Scalia already has: “[Tjhere is no doubt ... that if the federal courts believe a state commission is not regulating in accordance with federal policy they may bring it to heel.” AT&T Corp. v. Iowa Utils. Bd., 525 U.S. 366, 379 n. 6, 119 S.Ct. 721, 142 L.Ed.2d 835 (1999). In defiance of Justice Scalia’s clear admonition, the majority injects equivocation where once there was certitude. Where order once reigned, chaos now impinges.

I agree there is no doubt that federal courts may review the decisions of state regulators such as the…