Source: SUCCESSFUL FARMING, 6/15/20


A federal judge handed a victory late Friday to animal-welfare advocates when he declared that much of North Carolina’s ag-gag law violated the First Amendment’s free-speech provisions. U.S. District Court Judge Thomas D. Schroeder’s ruling could also help employees who are trying to expose slaughterhouses that put their workforces at risk for COVID-19 infection, according to an attorney for the plaintiffs.

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