U.S. Supreme Court turns down Project Veritas case against Oregon secret recording law

Beaverton Valley Times ^ | 10/06/2025 | Shaanth Nanguneri

[aimhigh]

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to a longstanding Oregon law barring unannounced audio recordings of in-person conversations, crushing a right-wing media group’s campaign to strike down some of the nation’s strictest restrictions on such forms of content reproduction.

The decision leaves in place a January 2025 ruling from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissing a challenge from Project Veritas, a right-wing organization that frequently publishes edited “sting” videos that negatively depict liberal groups and mainstream journalists. The group argued that the law impinges on the First Amendment and free speech protections and secured a brief victory from a smaller panel of circuit judges in a 2-1 decision declaring the law unconstitutional back in July 2023.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: recording; veritas

[ProgressingAmerica]

It is said to be good journalism if CBS does under cover videos in the context of journalism and discovery.

It is said to be a sting if a conservative does under cover videos in the context of journalism and discovery.

Why doesn’t our side fight harder over words? We let them have complete control over the dictionary. It doesn’t make any sense.

[Getready]

I would use those videos to find out who needs to be “framed”... wouldn’t tell anybody I got them. One day they will blab out killer info. We can set up blabbermouth against his/her controllers. We can then legally demonstrate their crimes cause we would know what to do and who to do it to. Cutthroat legal only action, of course.

[Jacquerie]

“publishes edited “sting” videos “

Edited?

Sounds like defamation.

[Twotone]

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