On several occasions, most recently November 13, 2018, we blogged about the differing fates of so-called “ag-gag” laws, statutes designed to prevent animal rights activists from using subterfuges to gain access to farms and to document instances of animal abuse.
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On January 16, 2018, we updated our blogging on so-called “ag-gag” laws – statutes designed to prevent undercover recording of unlawful practices on farms and processing centers. On September 15, 2017, we blogged about the Tenth Circuit’s partial overruling of the Utah statute.
The Supreme Court has now denied the cert. petition filed
On August 3, Judge B. Lynn Winmill of the District of Idaho ruled that Idaho’s new “ag-gag” law is unconstitutional. Judge Winmill struck down the law on the grounds that the law violated the 1st Amendment and selectively targeted individuals critical of factory farm practices.
“Ag-gag” refers to a range of laws intended to