US Supreme Court rebuffs Project Veritas challenge to Oregon ban on secret recordings

US Supreme Court rebuffs Project Veritas challenge to Oregon ban on secret recordings

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid by the conservative activist group Project Veritas to invalidate on constitutional free speech grounds an Oregon law that generally bans unannounced recordings of conversations.

Project Veritas’ challenge to Oregon secret recording law turned away by Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Project Veritas’ First Amendment challenge to an Oregon law that restricts people’s ability to secretly record others, allowing the law to stand.  Project Veritas, a conservative group that films undercover videos to embarrass mainstream media and liberal organizations, contended that lower courts used too lenient a constitutional test in upholding the law.  As is typical, the justices refused to hear…

Justices Decline to Hear Project Veritas Challenge of Oregon Law

The Supreme Court passed on considering the constitutionality of an Oregon law barring unannounced audio recordings following a challenge by the conservative activist group Project Veritas.

Project Veritas challenge to Oregon ban on secret recording won’t face SCOTUS scrutiny

Undercover recordings have been key investigative tools to expose abuses and corruption, but Oregon law mandates that both parties must agree to recordings in almost all circumstances.