Ban on Recording Without Consent Is Unconstitutional, US Court Rules

James O'Keefe, founder Project Veritas, at the Values Voter Summit in Washington on Oct. 12, 2019. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

An Oregon law that forbids recording in public without consent runs afoul of the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment, a U.S. court has ruled.

Oregon law 165.540, first enacted in 1955 and subsequently broadened to bar secret recording of conversations, is unconstitutional, said Judge Sandra Ikuta, a George W. Bush appointee writing for the majority in a 2–1 ruling by a Ninth Circuit panel.