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Are animal torture videos free speech?

by Kenneth Pybus  |  09.20.09  |  Censorship and Prior Restraint, First Amendment, Supreme Court, Violence

Are animal torture videos free speech? — chicagotribune.com.

The Court will hear this case next month. We should spend a day in class discussing it.

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