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U.S. Court Blocks Anti-Telemarketing List

DirkDaring writes "Yahoo is reporting that a U.S. court in Oklahoma has blocked the national 'do not call' list that would allow consumers to stop most unwanted telephone sales calls. With around 50 million phone numbers currently signed up this could get very messy."

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  1. Re:Oklahoma? by borgdows · · Score: 0, Troll

    bomb?? ahah you're so 90's!

    nowadays we use planes!

  2. Re:Outrageous by n00dles · · Score: 0, Troll

    Mmm, Hot Pockets.

  3. Re:Or something by Trigun · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'll sell him a revolver and one bullet to put an end to the harassment. And I'll be nice, I'll go last. You guys let me know when it's my turn.

    "I know that I'm selling something that you will be most interested in. It'll be the last purchase you'll ever have to make. It's that remarkable!"

  4. I don't care by bigjnsa500 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Being from Texas, we don't do give a damn about Oklahoma. Okies go down!

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    This is a test. This is a test of the emergency sig system. This has been only a test.
  5. Re:That took real guts... by Greg+Lindahl · · Score: 1, Troll

    The 3-judge decision is available on the web here. It is 100% based on the Constitution's equal protection clause.

    I know it's fun to accuse judges of making up the law, but in this case it was a Constitutional question. The full court decided that the 3-judge decision was wrong, but that doesn't make it a non-Constitutional issue, nor does it mean that the 3-judge panel made up law.