SCOTUS voids law aimed at banning animal cruelty videos
We read:
"The Supreme Court struck down a federal law Tuesday aimed at banning videos depicting graphic violence against animals, saying that it violates the constitutional right to free speech.
Chief Justice John J. Roberts Jr., writing for an eight-member majority, said the law was overly broad and not allowed by the First Amendment.
He rejected the government’s argument that whether certain categories of speech deserve constitutional protection depends on balancing the value of the speech against its societal costs.”
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There are plenty of laws against animal cruelty. How about those who are concened about it using the laws already available to go after those making the videos?
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Indeed, the videos themselves are the prime evidence of animal cruelty. Use the perpetrators' own videotaped confessions against them, put them away for a long time, and get publicity about it, and those "crush" (as I understand the term is) videos will start disappearing. Decent people would also naturally refuse to view them, and report them if they accidentally came across one.
"There are plenty of laws against animal cruelty. How about those who are concened about it using the laws already available to go after those making the videos?"
Words of wisdom. If we would only have the balls to actually enforce the laws we have....
Of course, you can't enforce laws against animal cruelty when the actual acts are occurring outside your borders and only the videos are within your jurisdiction...
Anon 5:46 - This logic means you shouldn't be able to view any video of an illegal act, even if it was a perfectly legal act where it took place. Which means all those reports on Amsterdam's Pot Laws which show people smoking pot should be banned....
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