Huawei blasts FCC proposed rule in broader constitutional challenge to federal purchasing bans

Tech giant Huawei is blasting a Federal Communications Commission proposal to completely ban U.S. telecoms from using certain China-based products in the buildout of 5G -- expanding on a proposed ban on tapping federal funds to purchase the products -- arguing the plan violates the U.S. Constitution as an overreach by the commission on national security issues reserved for Congress and the president.

“No provision of the communications laws grants the Commission national security authority -- let alone in the...