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