Congress looking for way to abolish crush videos while respecting First Amendment

A House of Representatives subcommittee is considering ways to ban animal cruelty videos after the Supreme Court ruled this year that the current law was overbroad and violated the First Amendment. -db Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press June 1, 2010 By Ellen Bitz Congress is looking for a new way to combat animal [...]

Supreme Court strikes emphatic blow for free speech in animal cruelty case

In ruling that a man could show videos on pit bull fighting, the U.S. Supreme Court said that banning videos showing violence against animals violated the First Amendment. In his majority opinion, Chief Justice John Roberts argued that the American people had decided that the benefits of restricting the government’s efforts to limit speech were [...]

High court hears arguments: animal rights versus free speech

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments this week on whether videos of dogfights are protected speech under the First Amendment. The Obama administration is asking the court to reinstate the Federal Depiction of Animal Cruelty law, restricting the sale of videos and depictions of animal cruelty. -DB NPR October 6, 2009 By Deborah Tedford Animal [...]

Reporters committee files brief supporting decriminalization of animal cruelty coverage

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed a brief before the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to strike a federal law that makes it a crime to create or sell depictions of animal cruelty. –DB Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Press Release July 24, 2009 By Rory Eastburg The Reporters Committee for Freedom [...]