Oregon ban on secret recordings upheld, Project Veritas plans Supreme Court appeal

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Source: Reuters

January 7, 2025 6:44 PM EST Updated 12 hours ago


Jan 7 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld an Oregon law banning most secret recordings of oral conversations, rejecting a First Amendment challenge by Project Veritas, a conservative activist group known for using covert recordings against opponents.

In a 9-2 decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Seattle said the so-called conversational privacy law did not violate Project Veritas' free speech rights.

It also said the law was narrowly tailored to Oregon's significant governmental interest in ensuring that residents know when they are being recorded. The decision reversed a July 2023 rejection of the law by a divided three-judge panel of the same court.

Eight judges in Tuesday's majority were appointed to the bench by Democratic presidents, while the dissenting judges and the earlier majority were appointed by Republican presidents. Benjamin Barr, a lawyer for Project Veritas, said the group will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/legal/oregon-ban-secret-recordings-upheld-project-veritas-plans-supreme-court-appeal-2025-01-07/

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1. Project Veritas..... U.S. Supreme Court.............. Ginni Thomas

James O’Keefe, the conservative activist who attempted to plant a false story in The Washington Post this month about GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore, was presented Wednesday with an Impact Award, handed to him by Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

O’Keefe accepted the award on behalf of his organization, Project Veritas, at an event hosted by the conservative group United for Purpose at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C..

“Proud to receive the Impact award from Ginni Thomas on behalf of the @project_veritas team,” O’Keefe wrote on Instagram, before praising other 2017 award recipients such as Fox New host Sean Hannity and Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton as “fighters.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/363623-clarence-thomass-wife-presents-award-to-conservative-activist-who-tried-to/

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2. Yeah that was awhile ago

and they eventually kicked O'Keefe out... but the org is still around.