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A federal judge on Friday overturned Utah’s so-called “ag-gag” ban on filming private agribusiness and slaughterhouse operations without permission. US District Judge Robert Shelby said the measure, enacted in 2012, violated the First Amendment. The named plaintiff, Amy Meyer, in 2013 faced up to six months in prison for filming—from the side of a public […]
A federal judge in Utah has sided with animal rights activists who argued that a law prohibiting undercover investigations of agricultural operations was unconstitutional. Activists contend that similar laws in other states “will fall like dominos.” In a Friday ruling, US District Judge Robert Shelby struck down Utah’s “agricultural operation interference” law, otherwise known as […]
A North Carolina law banning sex offenders from social media sites accessible by children is unconstitutional, the US Supreme Court unanimously ruled. Lester Gerard Packingham, a registered sex offender, was arrested under the law after posting on social media about defeating a traffic ticket. “No fine. No court costs. No nothing. Praise be to God. […]
Opposition parties in the Philippines have branded President Rodrigo Duterte’s imposition of martial law as unconstitutional and has asked the Supreme Court to rule against it. Duterte declared military rule on the southern island of Mindanao on May 23 after hundreds of militants from the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) linked Maute Group began fighting […]
REUTERS/Carlos Barria Federal judges in several states began hearing arguments from lawyers on Wednesday regarding President Donald Trump’s revised executive order restricting travel from six majority-Muslim countries. Lawyers are facing off on the order in Maryland, Washington state, and Hawaii, where separate lawsuits have been filed. The plaintiffs are seeking a temporary restraining order on the ban, which was […]
A search warrant was issued after a protest over the Dakota Access Pipeline caused a traffic jam in Bellingham, Washington. The ACLU argues the warrant violates protesters’ First and Fourth Amendment rights. The Whatcom County Sheriff’s Department is seeking to search private data from the Bellingham #NoDAPL Coalition Facebook page, including messages, photos, videos and […]
