The first attack, where a judge determined the FTC didn't have the authority to enforce a Do Not Call list, was a technicality. But I think that the new ruling, claiming that the list is an infringement of the right to free speech, probably involves some payola to the judge. This ruling is a SERIOUS stretch and actually takes rights away from one group to give rights to another. I am having a difficult time accepting that telemarketers have the right to force their "free speech" onto a somewhat captive audience.
Gary - who is getting really good at hanging up mercilessly on telemarketers that won't take "no thanks" for an answer. Excerpt from article..... The telling blow came when a federal judge in Denver ruled that the registry infringes on telemarketers' free speech rights. The judge said the FTC must stop enforcing the program, which was scheduled to take effect next Wednesday. The FTC asked the judge late Friday to temporarily suspend his ruling while an appeal proceeds in the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver. The best hope for an immediate decline in telephone sales pitches may rest with the telemarketers. The industry's largest association is urging its members not call the more than 50 million home and cellular numbers on the list. http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030927_250.html _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
