Lawsuit filed, alleging Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) violates free speech

Today this office filed a lawsuit in federal court along with co-counsel Alexander Reinert and attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York.

Blum v. Holder is a federal lawsuit challenging the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) as an unconstitutional infringement on free speech. The plaintiffs are five longtime animal rights activists whose advocacy work has been chilled due to fear of being prosecuted as a terrorist under the AETA. Read more about the plaintiffs and the lawsuit on the website of the Center for Constitutional Rights.