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: The Faculty LoungeSupreme Court Rules on Depictions of Animal Cruelty
By Richard Gershon
In its opinion issued today in United States v. Stevens, 559 U. S. ____ (2010), the United States Supreme Court ruled that 18 U.S.C. §48 is substantially overbroad, and therefore invalid under the First Amendment. Congress enacted 18 U. S. C. §48 to criminalize the commercial creation, sale, or possession of certain depictions of animal cruelty. The statute does not address underlying acts harmful to animals, but only portrayals of such conduct.
Hat Tip: William Gaskill
Full post as published by The Faculty Lounge on April 20, 2010 (boomark / email).
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