RSHaas wrote:

It was a federal case in Oklahoma. He ruled the FTC overstepped its
authority. There is another federal case coming up in Denver.
The ban may be reworked in some fashion and reappear in a different form.
Of course, I oppose the ban because I live with a phone in my ear. I don't
want to pay $11,000 just because I called some snot-nosed yuppie ******* and
his snotty bitch of a wife. Most telemarketers I've known work these jobs part
time to make ends meet.
What kind of asshole of a human being would actually initiate a $11,000 fine
that would destroy a family of modest circumstances.. over a mere commercial
phone call?

The ruling merely states that the FTC did not have the
authority to impose the No-Call rule, and implies that
only the FCC would have had such authority. The judge
did not say that such a rule would be unconstitutional.
So if today's ruling fails to get overturned in Federal
Appeals Court, expect to see it reinstated after a quick
reshuffle over at the FCC.