On 23 Dec 96 05:15am, Bud Jamison wrote to William Viets:
WV>> This is not and never has been legal.  It is illegal.  (But it is winked
WV>> at, if paid any attention to at all, by the paper-shufflers at FCC and
WV>> on, you'll pardon the expression, Capital Hill, eh?)  Not unlike that
WV>> olde tyme American sport of ambulance chasing!
 BJ> HAve you heard of the United States Constitution?  No one, Congress
 BJ> included, can pass a LAW that is more restrictive than the
 BJ> Constitution, and if you read the 1st Amendment, you'll see something
 BJ> called 'freedom of the press'.  The Communications Act of 1934 can NOT
 BJ> restrict 'the press'.
 Absolutely correct.
 Except for the exceptions, of course, like, for example, lible & slander,
 among a lot of others.
 The press is restricted, Constitution or not.
Bill Funk:  Internet:  skypilot@starlink.com
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