Equality is the main theme, I agree. However, freedom of speech is given to individuals (can be exercised through groups and entities) to express their opinion in an open forum. My telephone line is not an open forum and nobody has the right to impose their will over my telephone line. Equality is given to the individual not the corporation. You need to study the history concerning the constitution and forget the bullshit of the FAILING LEGAL SYSTEM.
It's more basic than that. Constitutional Rights are afforded to INDIVIDUALS not entities such as corporations or charities (ALL PEOPLE ARE CREATED EQUAL; THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT CORPORATE OR CHARITIBLE ENTITIES). Freedom of Speech is the right to express your opinion in an open forum, and not the right to impose your will on other individuals. Telemarketers can't walk through your front door to sell you someting unless you allow them to do so. Likewise, you can prohibit them from calling you, and Congress has rightfully given us the tool to stop the calls. Since there are NO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOR ENTITIES, Congress was correct in passing the legislation and prohibiting telemarketers from calling and not charities or political campaigns. It's a shame that we have Federal Judges who lost sight of the true meaning of the Constitution in technical BULL SHIT broght about by an increasingly incompetent and decling legal system (specifically IDIOT LAWYERS).
Totally wrong. This is not a freedom of speech issue. Freedom of speech allows you to express your opinions. It has nothing to do with selling or collecting money for charity. Nobody has the right to barge into my house either physically or by phone to express an opinion, sell me something, etc. To protect my privacy (a Constitutional Right) and persue happiness (another Constitutional Right which is hindered by constant, annoying phone calls) the Congress can pass legislation giving me the tools to allow me my rights. The Constitution does not recognize equality for companies, charities, and such; it recognizes equality for individuals. Additionally, there is no Constitutional Rights for profit or a customer base for corporations. The Constitution was written to protect the individuals; not the telemarketing industry or other cooperations. Congress has the authority to pass legislation, whether its equally fair to companies or charities or not, to protect the individual. In addition, charities and even politicians are not as annoying as telemarketers. You only have to tell them once, and there are not thousands of them calling. The Federal Court Judges got too caught up in technical BS and forgot the reasons our Founding Fathers drafted the Constitution. Judges West and Nottingham will be overturned by an appealant court.
That's not legal. Do not call means do not call. Some telemarketers may try this trick. However when they start getting the heafty fines and their lawyers fail, which they will, then that practice will stop.
Go to the ATA site and send them as many e-mails as you can. Let them feel the pain of their sales tactics. Exercise your Constitutional writes to help them understand the truth about Free Speech.
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Equality is the main theme, I agree. However, freedom of speech is given to individuals (can be exercised through groups and entities) to express their opinion in an open forum. My telephone line is not an open forum and nobody has the right to impose their will over my telephone line. Equality is given to the individual not the corporation. You need to study the history concerning the constitution and forget the bullshit of the FAILING LEGAL SYSTEM.
It's more basic than that. Constitutional Rights are afforded to INDIVIDUALS not entities such as corporations or charities (ALL PEOPLE ARE CREATED EQUAL; THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT CORPORATE OR CHARITIBLE ENTITIES). Freedom of Speech is the right to express your opinion in an open forum, and not the right to impose your will on other individuals. Telemarketers can't walk through your front door to sell you someting unless you allow them to do so. Likewise, you can prohibit them from calling you, and Congress has rightfully given us the tool to stop the calls. Since there are NO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOR ENTITIES, Congress was correct in passing the legislation and prohibiting telemarketers from calling and not charities or political campaigns. It's a shame that we have Federal Judges who lost sight of the true meaning of the Constitution in technical BULL SHIT broght about by an increasingly incompetent and decling legal system (specifically IDIOT LAWYERS).
Totally wrong. This is not a freedom of speech issue. Freedom of speech allows you to express your opinions. It has nothing to do with selling or collecting money for charity. Nobody has the right to barge into my house either physically or by phone to express an opinion, sell me something, etc. To protect my privacy (a Constitutional Right) and persue happiness (another Constitutional Right which is hindered by constant, annoying phone calls) the Congress can pass legislation giving me the tools to allow me my rights. The Constitution does not recognize equality for companies, charities, and such; it recognizes equality for individuals. Additionally, there is no Constitutional Rights for profit or a customer base for corporations. The Constitution was written to protect the individuals; not the telemarketing industry or other cooperations. Congress has the authority to pass legislation, whether its equally fair to companies or charities or not, to protect the individual. In addition, charities and even politicians are not as annoying as telemarketers. You only have to tell them once, and there are not thousands of them calling. The Federal Court Judges got too caught up in technical BS and forgot the reasons our Founding Fathers drafted the Constitution. Judges West and Nottingham will be overturned by an appealant court.
That's not legal. Do not call means do not call. Some telemarketers may try this trick. However when they start getting the heafty fines and their lawyers fail, which they will, then that practice will stop.
Go to the ATA site and send them as many e-mails as you can. Let them feel the pain of their sales tactics. Exercise your Constitutional writes to help them understand the truth about Free Speech.