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Re:Lyft, Uber lash out at legal threat from strict Texas abo... by dragonwriter on Saturday September 04, 2021 @07:03PM (#28420179)
> Absurd arguments both for and against standing are hardly new

Narrowly crafting laws to avoid pre-enforcement review specifically to maximize the impact knowing that they will almost certainly be struck down as unconstitutional is, on the other hand, unusual, if perhaps not completely new (something similar may have been done before, but I am not aware of any examples.)

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Re:Lyft, Uber lash out at legal threat from strict Texas abo... by beerandt on Saturday September 04, 2021 @07:12PM (#28420230)
There's a federal law giving people the right to sue fax spammers- statutory damages of ~$500 per fax, specifically to get around freedom of speech. I think it was in the 1996 telecom law.

Not sure if it's been litigated.

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