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First Amendment protects undercover activists, judge rules

07/12/17 6:24 AM By Agri-Pulse staff
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UTAH, July 12, 2-17 - Utah’s ag-gag law violates the First Amendment, a federal judge has determined, killing a 2012 statute designed to prevent animal welfare activists from going undercover to film operations of animal production facilities.
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