Thursdays' ruling by a federal judge in Colorado places the fate of the popular list in limbo. The decision was slammed Friday by the FTC chairman, who vowed to take "every recourse to give American consumers a choice to stop unwanted telemarketing calls." - full article

After both houses of congress voted overwhelmingly to reinstate the do-not-call list yesterday, a second federal judge (this time in Colorad) has ruled against the list. Distrcit judge Edward Nottingham blocked the list on the grounds of protecting telemarketers' free speech rights. Another interesting point to consider is that, regardless of whether the list actually becomes law, it will only apply to telemarketers but not to nonprofit organizations, politicians and pollsters. Meanwhile, President Bush says he will sign the do-not-call list into law next week.