Federal Judge says telemarketers have 1st amendment right to be a pest
In a ruling that defies logic and common sense a federal judge said the do not call list violates the First Amendment rights of the pest people do not want to hear from.
The decision is wrong on many levels, but the most obvious is that the First Amendment only gives you the right to speak, it does not require people to listen to you. The do not call list is made up of people who have already rejected the speech of the telemarketers.
Every property owner has the right to put up a no tresspassing sign to keep people off his property. The do not call list is a no tresspassing sign for the persons telephone.
In a ruling that defies logic and common sense a federal judge said the do not call list violates the First Amendment rights of the pest people do not want to hear from.
The decision is wrong on many levels, but the most obvious is that the First Amendment only gives you the right to speak, it does not require people to listen to you. The do not call list is made up of people who have already rejected the speech of the telemarketers.
Every property owner has the right to put up a no tresspassing sign to keep people off his property. The do not call list is a no tresspassing sign for the persons telephone.
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