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A federal judge has ruled that Utah's ban on secretly filming farm and slaughterhouse operations is unconstitutional:
[U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby] rejected the state's defense of the law, saying Utah had failed to show the ban was intended to ensure the safety of animals and farm workers from disease or injury.
In his ruling, Shelby noted that one of the bill's sponsors in the state legislature, Rep. John Mathis, said the ban was a response to "a trend nationally of some propaganda groups ... with a stated objective of undoing animal agriculture in the United States." The judge noted that another sponsor, Sen. David Hinkins said it targeted "vegetarian people that [are] trying to kill the animal industry."
Ag-gag is a term used to describe a class of anti-whistleblower laws that apply within the agriculture industry.
Previously: Dairy Lobbyist Crafted Idaho's "Ag-Gag" Legislation
Federal Judge Strikes Down Idaho's "Ag-Gag" Law
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 09 2017, @09:18PM
Those libruls are meddling where they don't belong. Again.
Courts. Pfft! They're just tools of the Communist scum who want to destroy America!
These are the same people who want our women to breed with raghead terr'ists!
Farmers should erect electrified razor wire fences and hire armed guards to shoot on sight.
These filthy fifth-columnists need a lesson to be taught!
#MAGA