U.S. Supreme Court
Oct. 8, 2009
Federal Ban on Animal Cruelty Films May Violate First Amendment
A federal statute that bans the depiction of animal cruelty appears to be hanging by a thread after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday over whether it violates the First Amendment.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - A federal statute banning the depiction of animal cruelty appears to be hanging by a thread after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday over whether it violates the First Amendment.
A majority of the justices clearly had a problem with the overbreadth of the law, which is written in such a way that it could apply to imagery showing a wide variety of actions in...
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