A federal judge in Oklahoma has ruled that the Federal Trade Commission has no authority to set up a national "do not call" list, in a story published at CNN (via Metafilter).
Ok, let me get this straight -- a bunch of telemarketers are claiming they have a constitutional right to interrupt my dinner, on a phone line I paid for, to demand that I buy something from them?
I don't think so, Tim.
Apparently, this judge feels that the rights of a bunch of sleazy sales droids trump those of the millions they harass daily. I wonder if he'd think differently if he were the one forever getting dinnertime pitches for newspapers, mortgages, and long distance service...
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