The AP (via boston.com) is reporting this evening that, in order to counter judicial attacks on the National Do Not Call Registry, the Federal Communications Commission is stepping in to take over the list from the Federal Trade Commission.
The FTC was blocked by a court order last week by a federal judge in Denver who stated that it is his opinion that the registry is unconstitutional. Since the judge's order only applies to the FTC, however, the FCC claims that as the enforcer of telecommunication regulations they also have a right to enforce the list. In effect, they've flipped the courts an executive bird, so to speak.
Earlier today, President Bush signed Congress' bill from last week explicitly authorizing the FTC to enforce the list. The FTC still has to deal with the most recent court order before it can implement the law.
w00t! Who says you need to watch pro wrestling to see some serious smackdown! It's not every day that you see both the executive *and* the legislative branches open a serious can o' whoop-ass on the judiciary.
'Bout time, too. Just about everyone I know is tired of telemarketers pestering them at all hours of the day. Hey, DMA, you can run but you can't hide. Congress and the Prez has you in their sights!
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