The Virginia Supreme Court declared the state's anti-spam law unconstitutional today and reversed the conviction of a man once considered one of the world's most prolific spammers.

The court unanimously agreed with Jeremy Jaynes' argument that the law violates the free-speech protections of the First Amendment because it does not just restrict commercial e-mails. Most other states also have anti-spam laws, and there is a federal CAN-SPAM Act as well.


Details.

I am that rarity, I suppose: a Texas prosecutor who is opposed to capital punishment in most cases.

But I am not an absolute abolitionist: in rare cases I think it is justified, and very necessary. Commercial spammers, I believe, fall into that category.

Was Brumley one of the Judges?

Sadly, my doctor has placed me on a strict dietary abstinence program involving foods that are packed in gelatin. I was expecting a call to serve as a creative consultant, though, which never came.