Thank you, mr. Chief justice and may it please the court. In 1991, congress enacted the tcpas basic restriction on the placement of automated calls to cell phones. In the years that followed lower courts consistently upheld the constitutionality of that restriction as a contact neutral restriction on the use of calling technologies consumers found particularly intrusive and annoying and the Congress Debt exception in 2015 did not introduce any constitution infirmity into the statutory scheme and that exception is limit to a narrow category of calls that intrude less on Consumer Privacy than the typical automated call and that serve an important counterveiling interest in protecting the federal fisk. Theres been a good deal back and forth in the briefs whether sponedents challenge is properly viewed as one to the exception or to the general automated call restriction. And i think in circumstances like this theres not a right way or wrong way, not a right or wrong challenge to bring, the
The program started. Im the executive director of the Supreme Court institute and a professor here at georgetown. I want to welcome you to todays program, a preview of the cases that are set for the second half of this term. Hadfirst half of the term more blockbusters than we have seen in a long time. The second half promises to be even more exciting than the first half. Fortunately, we have an incredible panel today to discuss these cases. Before i get out of the way, i want to thank the American Constitution Society and the Federalist Society for cosponsoring this event. Maine, thehank in an special events score nader appeared i want to introduce our howe, onceany the editor of the scotus blog. Now she is just an independent contractor and a reporter for the scotus blog. Probably knows more about the Supreme Court than any person alive. With that, i will turn the program over to amy. That isis a tough a tough introduction to live up to. Nametags pointing to and have you google. What
My colleagues in the press room with agree it seems like there is one of these Homer Simpson signs. It has been x number of hours since the with a going to sister marilyn. Heard insummer she world argument in october. She said it was probably the most important case the Supreme Court was going to decide this term. Cannot Election Officials in maryland. Who better to discuss redistricting men small paul smith . Exactly why the case was taken. I think it was a big surprise. All merely going along thinking we cant. January february committee will get a new map. Come december, they take an entirely new case out of maryland. The surprise was they didnt have to do that. They could have done what they normally do when they have a case, and hold the second case and remanded later on or decide what the appropriate disposition would be. But they didnt. This case has been to the Supreme Court twice because it was up before under the name of shapiro versus mcmanus on the technical issue over wheth
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For the review of supervisor cohens legislation regarding pdr conversion to office in landmark properties. Ultimately, during the discussion of the proposed legislation, the hpc continued the item until its october 2nd hearing. In the interim they are interested in providing a letter to this commission so you know some of the thoughts going on in their heads about how they believe the legislation could be more effective. Some of the questions they still have and staff is working on a response right now. They want to be as useful and possible to the Zoning Administrator as part of staff to this commission as the final deciders on whether or not this pdr should be converted to office. They do have some questions about process. They do want to have a better idea of whats expected to them and they discuss how they could provide some criteria so they are able to discuss the merits of proposals for buildings and how these buildings could be rehabilitated provided the pdr is converted to offi