Oct 7, 2009 Posted by Sebastian in Hunting | 2 comments

“Animal Cruelty” Law in Trouble

The US v. Stevens case, which challenged a federal law that had the potential to make hunting videos illegal, was heard by the Court yesterday. SCOTUSBlog is offering some analysis, and says the law is in trouble.

2 Responses to ““Animal Cruelty” Law in Trouble”

1. Weer'd Beard says:

   Oct 7, 2009 at 11:43 am

   I’m also thinking of how PETA Expose videos would fit into this.

2. countertop says:

   Oct 7, 2009 at 5:39 pm

   The PETA expose example was brought up – by, I believe, Justice Sotomayor (who was the first justice out of the box with hard hitting questions)

   She was troubled that a PETA expose would be ok, but something on the other side advocating for dog fighting would be banned.

   The Solicitor General said thats not true – that the advocates of dog fighting could use simulated footage.

   At which point Scalia piped in that it made no sense – if they are advocating how much fun it is, they ought to be able to present footage that actually shows how much fun it is.