Patriotic Veterans, Incorporat v. State of Indiana

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, a veterans’ group, contends that an anti-robocall statute, Ind. Code § 24-5-14-5, violates the First Amendment to the Constitution, applied to the states by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 227, which contains a similar limit, has been sustained by two circuits. See Gomez v. Campbell-Ewald, Co., 768 F.3d 871 (9th Cir. 2014), affirmed on other grounds, — U.S. —, 136 S.Ct. 663, 193 L.Ed.2d 571 (2016); Van Bergen v. Minnesota, 59 F.3d 1541, 1549-56 (8th Cir. 1995); Moser v. FCC, 46 F.3d 970 (9th Cir. 1995). The…