Second Judge Blocks Do-Not-Call list

AP ^ | 09/025/03 | David Ho

[Concentrate]

Let's have at it. Is this an example of free speech? I think not.

[Calpernia]

Already posted here with over 200 responses:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/989562/posts

[Concentrate]

Thanks or the response, but I just busted my butt to get this out here, AFTER searching FR for the title. Never again! The search function is USELESS!

[ChemistCat]

What a masochist this judge must be. :-)

[Bobby777]

that's alright ... consumer groups will have to put pressure on this judge too ... and see what telemarketing group he owns stock in ... or perhaps it's his brother-in-law's business ...

[Calpernia]

Well then I'll bore you with my point. Freepers on the other thread seem to have missed it.

HECK with the FREE SPEECH issue! HECK with the telemarketers. Don't worry about them. They can't call you without a list.

THE LIST should be everyone's concern. Companies, Government and whoever else I'm missing, SELL our information for profit. Some without our consent, others with 'misled' consent. All and and all, when did our name and personal data become a commodity? AND why shouldn't we get a kick back?

Freeper m1-lightening responded that there is a Privacy Act Bill In Progress. THIS is the bill we need to support. If people can't sell our names, then there is NO LIST for the telemarketers to call you on.

[etcetera]

I'd like to exercise my free speech rights on this judge's phone. Anybody got the number?

[TomServo]

This isn't a dupe. Don't sweat it.

[eno_]

Look here: http://www.co.uscourts.gov/judges/ewn_info.htm

[strela]

Whatever you do, don't exercise your Constitutional right to call this judge and protest his decision at:

Judge Edward W. Nottingham Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse A1041 / Courtroom 14
(303) 844-5018

That might be wrong.

[Calpernia]

Read this thread about the judge's phone being swamped with calls.

[RJL]

I found the judge’s Email and office phone numbers.

This is the great thinker that feels it’s a Constitutional right to call people, so have at it:

US District Judge Edward W. Nottingham
1929 Stout St
Denver, CO 80294
(303) 844-5018 X5 for Secretary

Staff Telephone Numbers

Chambers Email - nottingham_chambers@cod.uscourts.gov
Chambers Fax - (303) 335-2155
Secretary: Stacy Steinbrecher - (303) 844-5018 - Press 5 for Secretary
Courtroom Deputy Clerk: Edward Butler - (303) 844-5018
Docket Clerk, Civil Matters: Patricia Pirner – (303) 844-3433
Docket Clerk, Criminal Matters: Elaine Quintana - (303) 844-2115
Court Reporter: Therese Lindblom - (303) 628-7877

[strela]

Read this thread about the judge's phone being swamped with calls.

That thread was about the first judge that ruled on the DNC list - Lee R. West. This thread is about Edward Nottingham, another judge who did the same thing.

[Bonaparte]

You done good, C. The previous thread had no specifics. This one is a good update.

Nottingham, btw, is a 1989 Bush appointee.

[Calpernia]

Pardon.

[Bonaparte]

It was West? Though it was Brinkema.

[Poohbah]

Now, I would *NEVER* (Wink, wink) advocate wardialing the entire 844 exchange in the 303 area code as telemarketers do (Wink, wink) to ensure that they get maximum "target audience coverage." (Wink, wink) Uh-uh. (Wink, wink) I'd never support doing that. (Wink, wink) Not for a second. (Wink, wink)

BTW, I've suddenly (Wink, wink) developed this amazing (Wink, wink) facial tic...

On a slightly more serious note...if a pimply-faced teenager wardials an entire exchange looking for a remote access server, it's a felony. If a telemarketer wardials an entire exchange looking for someone to answer the phone...it's a First Amendment right.

What was that "equal protection under the law" thingie again? Or was it just a concept created by some dead white men?

[strela]

The FTC asked U.S. District Court Judge Lee R. West to block the order he issued Tuesday declaring the agency lacked proper authority to oversee the list ...

I think its moot anyway - just a few words in the law to be changed.

[strela]

Pour nodder. (I confuse easily, you see ...)

[Bonaparte]

Ah, found it. Looks like a lot of district judges are out to help us all get harassed, whether we want to be or not.

Say, wanna start a telemarketing company specializing in selling to district court clerks over the phone? It would be more convenient than residential work since we can call them up during regular business hours. All day long.