[rattrap]

Ugh! i hope this gets straightened out. this is bad news.

[balrog666]

The FTC had signed up some 50 million phone numbers for the list, which was due to take effect on Oct. 1.

And given the list to the Telemarketers Association.

Now they have 50 million verified names and phone numbers. What a great scam!!

[NautiNurse]

Joining the list is strictly voluntary. That should count for something.

[The Brush]

I guess Americans need to take a more pro-active stance when they receive phone calls that they obviously don't want.
Perhaps a "national reply" is needed so these companies will take numbers off their lists voluntarily rather than to hire people to listen to the same comment over and over again before they are hung up on.

[azhenfud]

"The U.S. District Court in Oklahoma City said the Federal Trade Commission overstepped its authority when it set up the popular anti-telemarketing measure, according to the DMA.

The FTC had signed up some 50 million phone numbers for the list, which was due to take effect on Oct. 1."

One court against 50 million. It's time to take the court to task....

[Publius6961]

A U.S. court in Oklahoma has blocked the national "do not call" list that would allow consumers to stop most unwanted telephone sales calls, the Direct Marketing Association said on Wednesday.

Oklahoma??
Oklahoma?

I thought only California had weirdo federal courts. What's going on?

[Martin Tell]

Perhaps those of us with free long distance can exercise our First Amendment rights and let the court know how we feel by calling them at (405)609-5000. Be sure and call frequently, preferably at mealtimes when they are short-handed.

[capt. norm]

This will give our congressmen and senators a very popular bill to send through......and go around taking credit for, ad nauseum.

[GSWarrior]

What does the court think about blasting heavy metal music into the phone when 'unavailable' shows up in caller ID?

[Constitution Day]

Oh well!

Time to get the bullhorn out again! It helps to get my point across.

[joesnuffy]

This bites the big one....

This dang calling till 9PM and during the day & even on Sat irks the heck outta me

It is like having door to door salesmen showing up at your house day after day right at supper time ringing the door bell till either you or the answering machine picks up....and this even after ya told the sob not to come to your house anymore...someone needs to invent a digital pit bull to sic on these poopie heads

Heaven help you if you are expecting an important call from a loved one...a sick relative...the hospital etc...you are obliged to "pick up" and there they are...

And of course a black robed jack booted thug wannabe is there to force it on you..

[Arrowhead1952]

Would these idiots be kin to the 9th circus court in Kalifornia by chance?

[RLK]

What the court has blicked is essentially an anti-trespassing measure that applied to phone lines, thus depriving the American people of private property rights and control over their own lives.

[Burlem]

Judges seem to exert their authority of the public.......50 million sign -ups? The judges are running this country, the heck waht voters say or want...time for another revolution?

[Congressman Billybob]

We need the phone number of the court house. I think the judge should get some calls from people who wish to express their opinion of this decision. (And, I firmly believe this is another wild-hair decision that will not survive on appeal. But in the meantime, the telemarketers will still be calling us.)

Congressman Billybob

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[Chancellor Palpatine]

Nah - just answer every temarketing call rudely, while using bad language and a threatening tone. At some point, they'll have to pay their employees too much to take the abuse.

[ibheath]

I know I am going to get flammed for this comment, but here goes...

I don't have a problem with this ruling. I am not a telemarketer, but I am perfectly capable of hanging up on telemarketers, or letting the answering machine get it. Just as I am capable of deleting and blocking spam messeges. This is not tresspassing. I am just as oppossed to smoking bans, abusive use of emminent domain, etc...

[logic101.net]

Ok, the FTC overstepped its authority. How about how the courts overstep their authority every day and violate not only their oath of office but the very Constitution they have sworn to defend?

Oh, never mind; I forgot - the courts are GOD and no longer subject to the Constitution!

Mark A Sity

[SheLion]

This IS bad news. But I signed up with my telephone company to have Caller Rejection. Most telemarketers have blocked numbers. My phone no longer rings for these blocked numbers. Unless they agree to show their name and number.

I am SO thankful I found this feature. It's excellent.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Simple solution. Congress simply expands the authority of the FTC to do it.

[GOPrincess]

Judges seem out of control these days...