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Originally posted by spectre
I don't even understand how he could consider it a first amendment issue. Commercial speech is not protected under the first ammendment as it isn't free speech. This was already proven when spam faxes were made illegal. I just don't understand the way some judges think sometimes.
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Not sure about the spam fax ruling, but solicitations for any ~money~...whether a politician, or a charity is commericial speech also. It's not so much that you can't regulate commercial speech it's that you can't favor one over the other. That is what is unconstitutional, and rightly so, imho...
I don't want to leave the impression that I'm for telemarketers. They are the scum of the earth. Why ANYONE would want to be a telemarketer is beyond me. That's not my issue. My issue is that if you say vacuum cleaner and long distance companies can't telemarket then neither can charities or politicians.
-bear