“Ag Gag” Laws: Industry Trumps the First Amendment
“Ag Gag” Laws: Industry Trumps the First Amendment By David Slade As I wrote in a much longer article earlier this year, numerous 2012 legislative sessions across the country saw the introduction, and in two cases the passing, of bills that would criminalize acts of investigative journalism in the agriculture industry. These controversial “ag gag” … “Ag Gag” Laws: Industry Trumps the First Amendment