Split decision on Idaho’s ag-gag law might extend beyond agriculture
Story Date: 1/8/2018

 

Source: Dan Flynn, FOOD SAFETY NEWS, 1/5/18

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 U.S. Constitution. It may be a landmark decision for being the first time a federal circuit court has found there is a constitutional right to take pictures or audio-visual recordings on private property.

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