Muzzling a Movement: The Effects of Anti-terrorism Law, Money, and Politics on Animal Activism

by Lovitz, Dara

• ISBN13: 9781590561768
• ISBN10: 1590561767
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-12-17
• Publisher: Gardners Books

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 13
Introduction	p. 17
Laws Fail Nonhuman Animals
Commonwealth v. Esbenshade	p. 24
The Industries and the Animals They Use and Abuse	p. 30
The Laws that Fall Short of Truly Benefiting Nonhuman Animals	p. 38
The Convergence of a Burgeoning Animal Liberation Movement and a Reactive Congress
The Animal Liberation Movement Gains Momentum	p. 45
Farm Animal and Research Facilities Protection Act, Animal Enterprise Protection Act, and the Money and Politic$ Behind Them	p. 47
The 1998 House Hearing: "Acts of Eco-terrorism by Radical Environmental Organizations"	p. 53
The Formation of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty	p. 54
The USA Patriot Act	p. 56
The 2004 Senate Hearing "Animal Rights: Activism vs. Criminality"	p. 57
Government Surveillance and Prosecution of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty
Investigation of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty	p. 61
The Government's Case Against SHAC: U.S. v. Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty	p. 63
The Unsuccessful Appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit	p. 73
The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act
The 2005 Senate Hearing: "Oversight on Eco-terrorism Specifically Examining the Earth Liberation Front ('ELF') and the Animal Liberation From ('ALF')"	p. 77
The 2006 House Hearing: "Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act";	p. 80
Money and Politic$ Behind the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act	p. 84
The Provisions of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act	p. 87
The Constitutional Failures of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act
Unconstitutional Abridgment of Speech	p. 91
Violation of the Right to Equal Protection	p. 95
Consequences of Federalizing Eco-terror Crimes	p. 99
The Chilling Effect on Animal Advocacy
The "Terrorist" Label	p. 105
Animal Activists Do Not Fit the Profile of Terrorists	p. 107
Influencing the Public's Perception: the Government and Media	p. 112
Muzzling a Movement	p. 122
Notes	p. 129
The Animal Enterprise Protection Act of 1992	p. 155
The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act	p. 159
State Chart of Laws Protective of Animal Enterprises	p. 163
Selected Bibliography	p. 171
About The Author	p. 173
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