Judge Who Nixed "Do Not Call" Registry Is on "Do Not Call" List

[Maddy McCall]

Associated Press - September 28, 2003

DENVER (AP) - The office phone number of a federal judge who ruled last week that a national do-not-call registry is unconstitutional was among the thousands already on the list.

U.S. District Judge Edward Nottingham's number was added in July to the registry, which was designed to block telemarketers' calls. It wasn't clear whether Nottingham himself registered the number or knew it had been registered. A call to the office Saturday was not immediately returned.

Nottingham on Thursday stopped the Federal Trade Commission from implementing the registry, ruling it was an unconstitutional infringement on free speech. The FTC Web site was set up to allow anyone to register their number, remove it or verify whether a number was registered. An automated response from the site verified that Nottingham's number was registered on July 28.


The Boston Globe reported the listing in its Saturday editions and said Nottingham did not return its messages seeking comment Friday.


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[qanda]

1. Now THAT is irony!

eom

[Gin]

2. Too funny. What a world we live in!

gin

[Cronus Protagonist]

7. I presume you are not American?

I've been told that Americans simply cannot recognise irony, yet you seem to do it very easily :)

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[eileen_d]

3. That is tooo funny

I'm glad someone checked that out.

[roughsatori]

4. That is the funniest thing I've heard today , Thanks NT

[Maddy McCall]

5. You're quite welcome...I got a laugh out of it, too.

Oh the hypocrisy! LOL!

[Maddy McCall]

6. kick so the night crew can have a good laugh

[goobergunch]

8. LOL

Do you think he'll order a special exemption for himself?

[Maddy McCall]

9. Doesn't have to have one...

He has a secretary to handle his office phone...probably has a nonpublished home phone.

[anti_shrub]

10. Anyone know if the judge is a pubbie?

Sounds like their MO, block something while supporting it.

[DemoTex]

11. Thank you sweet Jesus for such good, dry ...

AMMO!

[montana_hazeleyes]

12. I also thank you for this,

Me and my son both just got a good laugh from this! Doesn't it feel great to laugh?
Especially when we had so much to hurt over.

[EX-CONservative]

13. hmmmmm...

Can ya just *SMELL* the hypocrisy?

I hope he gets unyielding calls for home mortgages. :evilgrin: