35 AGs Ask 6th Circuit to Reverse Robocalling 'Hall Pass'
A bipartisan group of attorneys general from more than half the states urged the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse a lower court ruling dismissing a robocalling case on the grounds that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act was…
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unconstitutional from 2015 to 2019. In Lindenbaum v. Realgy, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio reasoned TCPA couldn’t be enforced during that period because the Supreme Court said in 2020 that it was unconstitutional for Congress to amend the law in 2015 with a government debt exception. Indiana, North Carolina, 32 other states and Washington, D.C., disagreed, in an amicus brief at the 6th Circuit in case 20-4252. “People who engaged in illegal robocalling between 2015 and 2020 should be brought to justice,” said California AG Xavier Becerra (D) Tuesday: “Granting a five-year hall pass to these harassers would permit illegal activity and open the door for more.” Indiana AG Todd Rokita (R) pledged to “stay on the offense” against illegal robocallers.