Second U.S. Judge Blocks 'Do-Not-Call' List

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[Hotdog]

War of the laws?...whats next?

[MinuteGal]

Funny how the courts easily find a (non-existant) "right to privacy" in the Constitution when it comes to issues like abortion and homosexuality, but can't seem to find the same right when it applies to telemarketing victims in their own homes.

Oh, well. Next will be the right for pornography peddlers to make obscene phone calls into your house with all that heavy breathing and stuff. Selective freedom of speech and the right to privacy is wunnerful......

Leni

[PatrioticAmerican]

#73 - Excellent point. All the law says is that the person must obey the posted sign. In this case, the sign is a register of who doesn't want to be called.

[m1-lightning]

2) Who’s really more misleading about their motives, CNN or the latest mortgage broker?

I can't argue with that, lol

3) Walking down the street’s also a necessity.

Walking down the street is also not in the privacy of my own home which is specifically under protection of the Fourth Amendment

[Calpernia]

See my post here. Many are missing my point.

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?

m1-lightening posted 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.

[Calpernia]

Can you post the domain URL and keyword search you used to pull up the 'Privacy Act In Progress' info? The search link you gave me before 'timed out'.

Thank you in advance.

[m1-lightning]

The solution to that is to ban ALL of them

They can't. See post #53

If all else fails, we will see an amendment get passed in two days.

[FreeReign]

He ruled it was an unconstitutional infringement of the telemarketers free speech.

The judge made a liberal ruling.

[Held_to_Ransom]

Why shouldn't you have the right to limit calls from politicians and Greenpeace if you wanted to? Hillary can interrupt your dinner, but some one working for a living the hard way can't? Interesting.

[m1-lightning]

Thomas

enter "privacy act" in the word/phrase box.

It's number 7.

[massadvj]

These companies are not restricted until someone requests that they be restricted from their particular phone that they OWN

The phone is a receiver, like your radio or television. The phone line is the medium, not the phone. You have a right to receive what you want, and to filter the content. But the government does not have the authority to enable you to do it. It's a question of personal responsibility versus therapeutic government.

I personally like the DO NOT CALL list and even registered for it. But I can see how it violates free speech rights.

[Calpernia]

Thank you.

[Brandon]

Is your right to quiet protected by the Constitution too?

Yes, actually. Time, place and manner restrictions on the exercise of free speech have been recognized by the courts for a very, very long time. Try walking down a residential street with a bullhorn at 3 a.m., shouting political slogans, and you'll find out more than you ever wanted to know about this.

[m1-lightning]

Why shouldn't you have the right to limit calls from politicians and Greenpeace if you wanted to?

The Constitution doesn't allow Congress the authority to legislate that.

[Brandon]

Caller ID doesn't help...once the phone rings I've been awakened. The trick is only having the phone ring for important stuff

Ditto. I work nights, with a kid in school and a 73 year old mother with serious (as in life threatening) health problems. Phone rings at 1 p.m., and not answering it is not an option. My friends and family know not to call me during my sleeping time, unless it's an emergency. I don't need to be rudely awakened by some idiot trying to sell insurance or waffle irons.

[FreeReign]

As much as I dislike telemarketers, the judge might be right. I don't see how telemarketers can be singled out and let politicians and charities continue to call anyone they please with their solicitations.

50 million people say they don't want telemarketers calling on there private phones. I think they have the right to do so -- you don't? Do you think that the BSA must associate with homosexuals?

It's called "Freedom of Association".

[Brandon]

They should be required to display caller ID.

They should be required to display caller ID for the CEO's home number -- the line in his living room, that he and his family answer themselves.

[softengine]

I am sick to death of judges playing dicator! This has to stop!</>

I second that motion.

[m1-lightning]

The phone is a receiver, like your radio or television.

Who dials in which case? It makes a BIG difference.

You have a right to receive what you want, and to filter the content.

Does CNN have the right to ping your tv and interupt you when they want you to watch their program? Or do you have to actually dial up and contact them? BIG difference.But the government does not have the authority to enable you to do it.

Can I scream outside your house at 3 am and sell you a blender or is that against the law?

Some speach obviously CAN be legislated and the Do Not Call list is one of them.

[FreeReign]

Bad law, bad idea, don't need the govt regulating our phones.

Don't sign up on this list and then YOU won't get what YOU "don't need".

[m1-lightning]

You bet. Sorry so slow but I'm on dial-up which coincidently get's interupted by telemarketers as well. I'm tired of redialing everytime.