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- Title
UNITED STATES V. STEVENS: A PROPOSAL FOR CRIMINALIZING CRUSH VIDEOS UNDER CURRENT FREE SPEECH DOCTRINE.
- Authors
Beerworth, Andrew A.
- Abstract
The article discusses a proposal for criminalizing crush videos under the free speech doctrine in the U.S. It talks about the Supreme Court case United States v. Stevens, wherein a woman, shown in crush videos, is slowly torturing, crushing, and eventually killing animals, such as cats, dogs and rabbits. It examines how the Court invalidated a federal statute that criminalized the commercial creation, sale, or possession of certain depictions of animal cruelty. It discusses the concerns involving the placement of crush videos as an unprotected speech. Also talked about is the protest of a Justice, wherein he pointed out that the crush videos present a highly unusual free speech issue because they are closely linked with violent criminal conduct.
- Subjects
UNITED States v. Stevens; FREEDOM of speech; ANIMAL welfare; JUSTICE administration; VIDEOS; ANIMAL rights; FREEDOM of expression; ACTIONS &; defenses (Law); UNITED States. Supreme Court
- Publication
Vermont Law Review, 2011, Vol 35, Issue 4, p901
- ISSN
0145-2908
- Publication type
Article