Quick Guide to SCOTUS Barr v AAPC Decision

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Quick Guide to SCOTUS Barr v AAPC Decision

In 2020, after literally decades of legal challenges and important rulings in lower courts, the United States Supreme Court finally heard a case with the potential to determine the fate of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).

Well, the ultimate result of William P. Barr, et al. v. American Association of Political Consultants, et al. is that the Supreme Court upheld the TCPA by severing the offending portion from the law. So the status quo remains.

However, there are many questions raised by this case, from its background to its arguments to its conclusions and finally to its potential consequences. This guide will ask and answer some of the most common and pertinent of those questions.

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