Animal Welfare
Investigate Midwest: Congress could beef up meatpacking oversight this fall. But obstacles to enforcement remain
Bills introduced in the U.S. House and Senate would add lawyers in the USDA to prosecute complaints under the Packers and Stockyards Act. Experts and advocates have said the law…
Victory for Animals and Free Speech as U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Review Kansas Ag-Gag Law
In a major victory for animals, workers, and transparency in the animal agriculture industry, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for…
Bloomberg Law: Kansas Denied Supreme Court Review of ‘Ag Gag’ Law Provisions
A lower court’s decision to toss certain parts of Kansas’ law that prevents animal rights and food safety groups from using deception to investigate agricultural facilities won’t face the Supreme…
Law360: Iowa Again Loses Legal Fight To Save ‘Ag Gag’ Law
An Iowa federal judge on Monday ruled that a state law aimed at preventing animal rights activists from filming farming practices violates the First Amendment’s free speech protections.
Court Strikes Down Second Iowa Ag-Gag Law
Today the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa held unconstitutional Iowa’s second Ag-Gag law, also known as Iowa Ag-Gag 2.0, holding that the law criminalizing undercover investigations…
After Sponsoring Arkansas’s Ag-Gag Law, Rep. DeAnn Vaught Refuses to Defend its Constitutionality
The Arkansas state representative and factory farm owner who sponsored the state’s Ag-Gag law stated in a court filing on Friday that she waives her right and the right of…
Ag-Gag Litigation
A just, healthy, and thriving food system requires transparency. Public Justice engages in litigation to strike down the Ag-Gag laws that penalize whistleblowers who expose the truth about the factory…
The Pig Site: Appeals court finds Kansas ag-gag law unconstitutional
Coalition of animal welfare and worker safety groups welcome the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that strikes down Kansas's "ag-gag" law on free speech grounds.
Appeals Court Affirms Kansas Ag-Gag Law is Unconstitutional
Today the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed a ruling by a lower court striking down Kansas’s “Ag-Gag” law for violating the First Amendment. The lawsuit…