[steve-b]

As usual, Neal Boortz pegs it in today's Nealz Nuze:

Can you believe it? Another federal judge has stepped in to try to kill the national do not call list for telephone solicitors. He says that the list is a violation of our free speech rights. So... now free speech means that you have the right to call anyone you want and harass them at their home at a time of your choosing?
If a do not call list is a violation of this cherished right, then what about unlisted phone numbers? Hey, I want to call Barbra Streisand and tell her what I think of her mindless politics .. but her number is unlisted. Those unlisted phone numbers are a violation of my free speech rights ... and I want them outlawed! And what about those phones that reject calls from people who have their phone number blocked to people with caller ID? Are you telling me that I have to identify myself in order to have my free speech rights? Just where is THAT set forth in our Constitution?

[kevao]

Wow, Boortz really nailed this one. If you believe telemarketers have a free-speech right to call anyone with a telephone, then you must also believe that call-blocking services are unconstitutional, a violation of one's free speech; and yet that is the only solution they have put forth to people like me -- purchase a service that will block unsoliticed calls.

[hotpotato]

Good article. And right on target.