Animal Cruelty Law Struck Down by American Supreme Court

This past week a 1999 federal law directed at crush pornography was repealed by the United States Supreme Court. The decision, as discussed in npr.org story Supreme Court Calls Animal Cruelty Law Too Broad, came after an 8-1 vote by the Supreme Court justices. The law was found to be too broad and an infringement upon certain First Amendment rights. NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg further discusses the original case and the reasoning behind the Supreme Court's decision in the link above.