The company that was petitioning the FCC claiming that pushing messages into your voicemail shouldn't be considered a "phone call" covered by the Do Not Call list has dropped its efforts.
That having been said, the Republican National Committee's arguments in the case that they have a First Amendment right to push messages into your voicemail (just like they can ignore the Do Not Call list to call you just as you're sitting down to dinner) does not bode well.
Ringless voicemail spam won’t be exempt from anti-robocall rules
After heavy opposition, robocall company gives up attempt to avoid FCC rules.
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Free speech is the right to speak without government censorship, not the right to be heard by anyone. I can't see this idea surviving a Supreme Court review, and I like to think lawmakers would prevent the necessity of that review by recognizing the individual right to privacy or freedom from harassment.
Don't harass, steal, or invade privacy. The government hates competition. Especially in Tronald Dump 'murica
+Michael Verona The argument from the RNC (and as tested in court, I believe) is that the Do Not Call list is government regulation of political speech, that a substantial number of people cannot be effectively reached without phone communication, and that any attempt by the government to tell a political speaker that they cannot reach out in an otherwise legal fashion to someone, even unsolicited, would be akin to telling a political speaker on a public sidewalk that they cannot express their opinions to the passing crowd.
Thus the exceptions to the Do Not Call list for political and religious callers (both covered in the First Amendment), … and why so many people now screen their calls on Caller ID.