Free speech just died a bit more.
The critical decision in Lindenbaum is out. You can read it here: Lindenbaum
The district court is reversed. Creasy is rejected. The TCPA can be enforced during timeframes that the government-backed debt exemption seemingly existed.
Notably, the Court denied the Defendant’s effort to disqualify one of the sitting judges after oral argument:
ORDER filed: The motion seeking Judge Stranch’s recusal [78] is DENIED. Julia Smith Gibbons, Jane Branstetter Stranch, and John K. Bush, Circuit Judges. (CL)
All is darkness.
More analysis soon.