[Scspamcop] Re: FU: Re: Sorry: Spammer Walks Free as Virginia Anti-Spam Law Is Declared Unconstitutional

[Tim McGraw]

rooster wrote:
> If anyone is interested in pursuing this ruling further, here's an
> article by Declan McCullagh in "Politics and Law" that explores
> the issue from a legal perspective.
> 
> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10040522-38.html

Declan is usually spot-on, but to cite the libertarian and "free market" 
Cato Institute to call into question whether commercial speech = First 
Amendment speech is daft.

There is a long history of case law limiting commercial speech: 
http://www.abuse.net/commercial.html