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		tatersolid on June 30, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FCC Closes Robocall Loophole Inter-state phone calls are clearly subject to the Commerce Clause of the US Constitution, and therefore within the regulatory purview of the US Congress. Even Clarence Thomas would agree.

jcranmer on June 30, 2022 [–]

Instead, they'd say that Congress didn't clearly intend for the FCC to be able to regulate phone calls.

Spivak on June 30, 2022 | [–]

More likely, it would actually be the court ruling that the legislature is not allowed to delegate its authority to regulate phone calls to the FCC.

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