Lex Appeal: Animal Cruelty, “Crush Videos” and the First Amendment

In 1999, after learning about so-called “crush videos,” the United States Congress passed a law banning all depictions of animal cruelty in interstate commerce. Five years later the first person ever was charged under this law for selling dog-fighting videos. Now, the Supreme Court is deciding whether or not this law violates the First Amendment to the Constitution.

What are crush videos, anyway? And how does the Supreme Court decide what rights you have?

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