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more on NOT ] Illegal tactics in getting to voters
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 13:34:32 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Seth Breidbart <sethb () panix com> Date: November 7, 2006 4:45:57 PM EST To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] more on NOT ] Illegal tactics in getting to voters Paul Levy <plevy () citizen org> wrote:
do the FTC's rules apply to purely political speech? I rather doubt it, and I doubt that they would be constitutional to the extent that they did
Content-independent rules are Constitutional. For instance, amplified sound trucks are illegal (based on decibel level), it doesn't matter whether they're advertising political candidates or ice cream. Likewise, rules about "Don't lie on CLID" and "Caller must release the line when callee hangs up" (passed when someone died because an auto-caller held the line and he couldn't call 911) and "Multiple calls to someone who doesn't want them is harassment" are Constitutional, because they have nothing to do with the content of the calls. Seth ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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