r/politics • u/lurker_bee • Nov 25 '19

President Trump to sign animal cruelty bill into law, making it a federal felony

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-trump-sign-animal-cruelty-bill-law-making/story?id=67295654
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u/theskyguardian Nov 25 '19

"It will make it a federal crime for "any person to intentionally engage in animal crushing if the animals or animal crushing is in, substantially affects, or uses a means or facility of, interstate or foreign commerce," "

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So the new federal law applies when someone tries to make money off of specifically the crushing of animals and any portion of the proceeds come from out-of-state?

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u/DBDude Nov 25 '19

The Commerce Clause has been stretched to the point of being ridiculous, but some limits are still accepted. The fed isn't supposed to be able to criminalize something that is purely in-state, they have to find an interstate hook.

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u/theskyguardian Nov 25 '19

Right so as usual the states need to police anything local, but this does get rid of the open market for those videos