Tuesday, October 06, 2009

Are dog fighting videos protected by the First Amendment?

This was one of the most unusual oral arguments at the Supreme Court I've read about. At issue is whether a federal law banning animal cruelty is overly broad. You have got to read this.

Supreme Court questions animal cruelty law | csmonitor.com

CNN's coverage: High court debates dog fighting videos - CNN.com

Finally, video coverage from The Newshour on PBS

1 comment:

Mar Matthias Darin said...

Its a ridiculous and pathetic that someone would actually argue the selling dof gighting videos should be legal. I have th entire transcript... What's next, making it legal to sell child pornography videos as "Sex Education?"