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The judge from Oklahoma was quickly sidelined by one of the swiftest actions ever rushed through Congress. The legislation was written, debated, reconciled, and passed in 24 hours, almost unanimously, by both houses. A sure sign that his ruling (that the FTC did not have the authority to enforce the list) was probably right on the money.
Now, however, it is a judge from Denver (that's in Colorado, the notorious home of fantastic skiing, and some pretty neat 'shall issue' legislation) who deemed the list uncostitutional on 1st ammendment grounds. That is, it restricted only certain types of speech, commercial solicitations, while placing no restrictions on political, charitible, or polling speech.
I agree, that it needs to stop. It will not stop by virtue of ineffective, unconstitutional, loop hole ridden legislation, though. It will stop ONLY when morons stop buying things from telemarketers.
-bear
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