Journal Community   Explore Group  Do you agree with the Supreme
Court's ruling that a ban on depictions of animal cruelty
violates free speech?   The Supreme Court struck down a federal
law aimed at banning videos that show graphic violence against
animals, saying it violates the right to free speech. The
justices, voting 8-1, threw out the criminal conviction of
Robert Stevens of Pittsville, Va., who was sentenced to three
years in prison for videos he made about pit bull fights.  What
do you think? Does the government's interest in prohibiting
illegal treatment of animals override the right to free
expression?  (See more polls, discussions and hot topics.)    •
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What does free speech have to do with cruelty to animals? This
is another one of Obama's schemes to strip us of more of our
freedoms. Particularly our free speech, where we will no longer
be able to do exactly what we are doing now....fighting for our
rights/freedoms. This is a plo