POLI 4021 Chapter : Freedom Of Speech
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The 1st: breyer, concurring: i do not believe that our 1st amendment analysis can stop at that point , alito, dissenting: our profound national commitment to free and occurred in this case. Applies to any depiction in which a living animal is intentionally maimed, mutilated, tortured, wounded or killed if the conduct violates federal or state law where the creation sale or possession takes place. The act exempts depictions with serious religious, political scientific, education, journalistic, historical or artistic value. Stevens is arrested for ownership and creation of dog fight videos: legal provisions: 1st amendment, freedom of expression clause; 18. Usc 48: legal questions: (1) are depictions of animal cruelty protected by the 1st amendment? guarantee of free speech does not extend only to categories of speech that survive an ad hoc balancing of relative social costs and. Depictions of animal cruelty do not fall into the category unprotected by the 1st amendment.
