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Split decision on Idaho’s Ag-Gag Law Might Extend Beyond Agriculture

By Dan Flynn on January 5, 2018

An appellate court Thursday restored specific provisions of Idaho’s 2012 Ag-Gag law but said audio, visual recordings of animal agricultural facilities could not be prohibited by the Gem State under the First Amendment to the…
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Utah’s ‘ag-gag’ law is second to be found unconstitutional

By Dan Flynn on July 8, 2017

Utah’s law criminalizing “both lying to get into an agricultural operation and filming once inside” violates the First Amendment and has been declared unconstitutional by Federal Judge Robert J. Shelby.

The ruling announced late Friday…
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Mixed district court ‘ag-gag’ rulings are getting appellate review

By Dan Flynn on May 16, 2017

The question of whether otherwise illegal acts — like lying on an employment application —  are Constitutionally protected if they prevent enterprising reporters or animal activists from being successful is now framed before a three-judge…
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Letter From The Editor: ‘Ag-gag’ end game in hands of many

By Dan Flynn on March 27, 2017

Funny thing about the federal courts. When enough of them get involved in an issue, they can end up showing how something can be done legally that previously was on shaky ground and subject to…
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Idaho squares off with animal rights group before 9th Circuit

By Dan Flynn on January 4, 2017

Oral arguments are expected to be scheduled in April in Seattle in an “ag-gag” appeal that has pitted Idaho officials against the Animal Legal Defense Fund in a constitutional battle.

The case, Animal Legal Defense…
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Federal courts are slowly reviewing state ‘ag-gag’ laws

By Dan Flynn on November 1, 2016

privatepropertysign_406x250At this point, you would need a large barn yard just to hold all the attorneys who are involved and waiting for a decision by a federal judge on Utah’s ag-gag law. U.S. District Court…
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2015’s Nice List From Your Friends at Food Safety News

By News Desk on December 25, 2015

Santa-online_406x250 On this Christmas morning, we are pleased to announce that there are children who were Nice to food safety this year. We know they are among those who found presents under their tree and their…
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Idaho Appeals Federal Court Decision Overturning States’s Ag-Gag Law

By Dan Flynn on December 17, 2015

Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco to review a lower federal court’s opinion that the Gem State’s new “ag-gag” law is unconstitutional.
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Federal Judge in Boise Strikes Down Idaho’s New ‘Ag-Gag’ Law

By Dan Flynn on August 4, 2015

Idaho’s new “ag-gag” law is unconstitutional, U.S. District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill ruled on Monday. A spokesman for Idaho’s attorney general said the state has not decided if it will appeal the decision to…
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Letter From the Editor: Better a Civil Action

By Dan Flynn on May 24, 2015

It was U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis who said that “a state may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of…
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