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Cite as:  591 U. S. ____ (2020) 

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Opinion of KAVANAUGH, J. 

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In  1991,  Congress  enacted  a  general  restriction  on  ro-
bocalls to cell phones.  In 2015, Congress carved out an ex-
ception that allowed robocalls made to collect government
debt.  In doing so, Congress favored debt-collection speech 
over plaintiffs’ political speech.  We hold that the 2015 gov-
ernment-debt  exception  added  an  unconstitutional  excep-
tion  to  the  law.    We  cure  that  constitutional  violation  by
invalidating the 2015 government-debt exception and sev-
ering it from the remainder of the statute.  The judgment of
the  U. S.  Court  of  Appeals  for  the  Fourth  Circuit  is  af-
firmed. 

It is so ordered.