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Court mulls law on animal cruelty

Washington : DC : USA | about 1 month ago  
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  • Vick speaks about ending dogfighting, at Covenant Baptist Church in Washington
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  • Vick gives an interview after talking to young people about ending dogfighting, at Covenant Baptist Church in Washington
    Vick gives an interview after talking to young people about ending ...
    Source: Reuters
Vick speaks about ending dogfighting, at Covenant Baptist Church in ...
The Obama administration asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to let stand a federal law barring some depictions of animal cruelty, such as dogfighting videos, by declaring that such images are not protected by the First Amendment. But a broad spectrum of opponents of the 10-year-old federal law, which...
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  • News Source: The Washington Times | about 1 month ago
    The Obama administration asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to let stand a federal law barring some depictions of animal cruelty, such as dogfighting videos, by declaring that such images are not protected by the First Amendment. But a broad spectrum...
  • News Source: The New York Times | about 1 month ago
    Alito Jr. wanted to know if Congress could ban a “Human Sacrifice Channel” on cable television. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg asked about videos of cockfighting. “What about hunting with a bow and arrow out of season?” Justice John Paul...
  • News Source: Uinta County News | about 1 month ago
    Dog Fight Case Could Urge Supreme Court Crackdown on Creativity BY Clay Dillow Tue Oct 6, 2009 at 5:05 PM As the Supreme Court goes back to work this week it once again will determine just how far the First Amendment stretches. But rather than the...
  • News Source: CNN | about 1 month ago
    The Supreme Court voiced deep free speech concerns Tuesday about a law designed to stop the sale and marketing of videos showing dog fights and other acts of animal cruelty. The justices heard an hour of lively debate about the scope and intent of...
  • News Source: United Press International | about 1 month ago
    Supreme Court heard argument Tuesday on the constitutionality of a federal law that bans videos or other depictions of animal cruelty. The 1999 law was intended to specifically target fetish "crush videos" that depict small animals being stomped by...
  • News Source: Christian Science Monitor | about 1 month ago
    Supreme Court justices Tuesday heard a case challenging a federal law covering depictions of animal cruelty. A US Supreme Court debate over the constitutionality of an animal cruelty law expanded Tuesday into an examination of whether Congress could...
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