Oct 6th, 2009 - Washington Post
It has been 25 years since the Supreme Court decided a category of speech -- child pornography -- was so unredeeming that it did not merit the protection of the First Amendment. Justices gave no indication Tuesday that they were ready to add another.
In an oral argument on animal cruelty that touched on bullfighting, cockfighting, fattening geese to make pate and even a hypothetical "human sacrifice channel," the court searched for the limits of the Constitution's guarantee of free speech. The justices indicated Congress had gone too far in its attempt to protect animals from abuse.
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Oct 6th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
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Oct 5th, 2009 - The Christian Science Monitor
Washington - It's been a quarter century since the US Supreme Court declared an entire category of speech unworthy of First Amendment protection. On Tuesday morning, the...
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