PULL!:

Appeals court upholds federal do not call registry, turns aside free speech challenge (Steven K. Paulson, February 17, 2004, ASSOCIATED PRESS)

"We hold that the do-not-call registry is a valid commercial speech regulation because it directly advances the government's important interests in safeguarding personal privacy and reducing the danger of telemarketing abuse without burdening an excessive amount of speech," the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said.

"In other words, there is a reasonable fit between the do-not-call regulations and the government's reasons for enacting them."

Justice Scalia will treat this like one of Dick Cheney's ducks.

Posted by Orrin Judd at February 17, 2004 3:16 PM