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Justices Reject Ban on Videos of Animal Cruelty

Date: April 20, 2010

Author: Adam Liptak

QUOTE: In a major First Amendment ruling, the Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a federal law that made it a crime to create or sell dogfight videos and other depictions of animal cruelty....suggest that the Roberts Court is prepared to adopt a robustly libertarian view of the constitutional protection of free speech.

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Key People:

• Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr., Esq.
• Wayne Pacelle
• President William ("Bill") Jefferson Clinton
• Chief Justice John G. Roberts Esq.

Key Organizations:

• Humane Society of the United States, The (HSUS)
• New York Times Company

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Abstract Principles
  • Control / Access / Permission

• Law & Justice
  • Civil Rights / Equal Protection
    • Free Speech: Other Issues/General
      • Free Speech: Decency/Pornography

• Media & Journalism
  • Violent Content in Media

• Philosophy & Religion
  • Philosophy: General
    • Ethics: Applied
      • Animal Rights / Animal Control / Pets

• North America
  • United States of America/USA

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