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<DIV>Well this is federal and it’s the 9th Circuit. But I’ll save money to
bail you out, just in case.</DIV>
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<DIV>Sue H</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=scooterd408@hotmail.com
href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com">Scott Dredge</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 17, 2014 1:33 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm
href="mailto:v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm">Saundra Lund</A> ; <A
title=vision2020@moscow.com href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">viz</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Idaho's ag-gag law challenged in federal
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<DIV dir=ltr>This is a good first step, but I'd be surprised if this would be
enough to strike the laws down and instead I think the lawsuit will be
dismissed. Hopefully the activists will be undaunted and will continue
monitoring for abuses. Easy for me to say when I'm not the one taking the
risk of breaking this law.<BR><BR>
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From: v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm<BR>To: vision2020@moscow.com<BR>Date: Mon, 17 Mar
2014 11:50:31 -0700<BR>Subject: [Vision2020] Idaho's ag-gag law challenged in
federal court<BR><BR>
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<P class=ecxMsoPlainText><A
href="http://www.idahostatesman.com/2014/03/17/3085466/aclu-other-groups-sue-idaho-over.html"
target=_blank>http://www.idahostatesman.com/2014/03/17/3085466/aclu-other-groups-sue-idaho-over.html</A></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><B><SPAN lang=EN
style='FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>Idaho's ag-gag
law challenged in federal court</SPAN></B></P>
<P class=ecxMsoNoSpacing><SPAN lang=EN>By Statesman staff</SPAN></P>
<P class=ecxMsoNoSpacing><SPAN lang=EN><A
href="mailto:newsroom@idahostatesman.com">newsroom@idahostatesman.com</A></SPAN></P>
<P class=ecxMsoNoSpacing><SPAN lang=EN>March 17, 2014 Updated 34 minutes ago
</SPAN></P><SPAN lang=EN
style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: black'><BR></SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN>A coalition of organizations and journalists on Monday filed a federal
lawsuit to overturn Idaho’s newly passed “ag-gag” law, which jails people who
secretly film animal abuse at Idaho's agricultural facilities.</SPAN><BR>
<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>Under the new
law, signed by Gov. Butch Otter on Feb. 28, anyone who films or records on an
agricultural operation without permission will face up to a year in jail. That's
double the maximum penalty for animal cruelty under Idaho law.</SPAN></P>
<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>The lawsuit
challenges the constitutionality of Idaho’s new law. </SPAN></P>
<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>“The Idaho law
is deeply distressing because it is aimed entirely at protecting an industry,
especially in its worst practices that endanger people, at the expense of
freedom of speech. It even would criminalize a whistle-blower who took a picture
or video of wrongdoing in the workplace,” said Professor Erwin Chemerinsky,
constitutional law expert and dean at the University of California, Irvine
School of Law, in a press release. “I am confident that this law will be struck
down under Ninth Circuit and Supreme Court precedents.”</SPAN></P>
<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>The plaintiffs
in the lawsuit are Animal Legal Defense Fund, People for the Ethical Treatment
of Animals, American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho, Center for Food Safety,
Farm Sanctuary, Farm Forward, Idaho Concerned Area Residents for the
Environment, Idaho Hispanic Caucus Institute for Research and Education, River’s
Wish Sanctuary, Sandpoint Vegetarians, Western Watersheds Project, journalist
Will Potter, undercover investigations consultant Daniel Hauff, investigator
Monte Hickman, Professor James McWilliams, investigative journalist Blair Koch
and the political journal CounterPunch.</SPAN></P>
<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>Idaho is the
seventh state to pass an ag-gag law, and the first to do so since
2012.</SPAN></P><SPAN lang=EN>The legislation, promoted heavily by Idaho's dairy
industry, comes after videos released by Los Angeles-based vegetarian and animal
rights group Mercy for Animals showed <B>workers at Bettencourt Dairy beating,
stomping and sexually abusing cows in 2012.</B> An activist secretly filmed the
abuse after getting a job at the dairy.</SPAN><BR>
<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>"The U.S.
Constitution protects free speech and freedom of the press, including
journalistic exposés of industrial animal production. Like other ag gag laws,
Idaho’s statute criminalizes whistle-blowing investigations at factory farms,
and specifically targets animal advocates who expose illegal and cruel
practices. Idaho’s ag gag law makes it illegal for anyone to take photos or
videos at a factory farm or slaughterhouse without the owner’s express consent.
If convicted under the ag gag law, a whistle-blower would face up to a year in
prison and a $5,000 fine. By comparison, the maximum jail term for a
first-offense conviction of animal cruelty in Idaho is six months. In other
words, Idaho more severely punishes those who expose animal cruelty than those
who commit it," according to the press release. </SPAN></P>
<P class=ecxMsoPlainText>Read the Complaint:</P>
<P class=ecxMsoPlainText><A
href="http://media.idahostatesman.com/smedia/2014/03/17/12/07/17TxOC.So.36.pdf#storylink=relast"
target=_blank>http://media.idahostatesman.com/smedia/2014/03/17/12/07/17TxOC.So.36.pdf#storylink=relast</A></P>
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