Free speech, animal cruelty and the Constitution
In its first week of its new term, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a landmark free-speech case, the United States v. Stevens. It involves a law that forbids the buying or selling of any image of an animal being intentionally injured or killed, in this case, videos of animal torture. We get differing perspectives from law professor CRAIG GREEN of Temple University and MICHAEL DORF of Cornell. Listen to the mp3
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