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by r00fus 3166 days ago
Does this mean Telcos/payfone can be sued in CA for being in violation of the constitution?
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No. Federal preemption.
That does not preclude anyone from filing regarding violations of the state constitution. There's that whole right to address ones grievances that gets in the way.
Unfortunately, it does.[1] See the Supreme Court decision in Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless v. Hatch. [2] FCC-regulated entities are not subject to state consumer protection laws.

[1] https://www.wileyrein.com/practices-federal-preemption.html [2] http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/11-...

I didn't say anything about consumer protection laws - I explicitly stated violations of the state constitution.