Supreme Court Prohibits Mobile Phone Robocalls To Collect Federal Debt
Federal debt collectors were granted an exception from the general robocall ban in 2015. The high court ruled that Congress can't favor some speech over others.
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a 2015 law allowing federal debt collectors to make robocalls violates the Constitution. That's because those debt collectors were allowed to make automated calls while other groups weren't given the same treatment.
Congress generally isn't allowed to favor certain. "A robocall that says, 'Please donate to our political campaign' is illegal. That is about as content-based as it gets.
