Edward W. Nottingham

Posted on September 27, 2003 in Justice

…. is the guy who just nixed your right to demand that telemarketers not call you. Yes, that’s right. This champion of the freedom to interrupt your meal, your computer use, the phone call to your mother, etc. was appointed in 1989. That means that the author of the latest wacko court decision is a Republican appointee.

When you have to take your phone off the hook during your dinner and worry because your mother has been sick, thank Edward W. Nottingham, brought to the bench by George Bush Sr. Or maybe it was Ronald Reagan.

Maybe we will learn of a weird time warp that allowed Bill Clinton to assume office in 1989 just long enough to appoint Nottingham? Anything is possible — in the imagination.

Despite what The Washington Times article said, the list is as good as “on hold”.

I’d like to know how much these telemarketers are giving to you know who.

This idea of anything that is good for business is good for America has got to go. Let’s invoke our free speech right to say “sometimes what’s good for business screws everyone else”. This is a clear instance of that being the case.

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You’ve got to love this tortured logic. When a group of telemarketers who are sympathetic with the public demand for quiet at the dinner table suggested that they use the list anyways, this came out of the spin machine from those who challenged the list and brought it down:

“The judge said it was illegal to create the list. By implication, it’s possible it’s illegal to use the list,” said Tim Searcy, executive director of the American Teleservices Association, one of the groups that brought the Denver lawsuit.

Now that Searcy has his favorable decision, his next move seems to use the federal police power to harass those who continue to show compassion towards the general public.

I’m not going to turn in any telemarketer who continues to use the list.