David Favre
My area of scholarly writing is that of Animal Law. I just published the 3rd edition of my teaching book - Animal Law: Welfare, Interests,& Rights (Aspen Press). I have organized and attended conferences around the world, including China, India, Spain and Brazil dealing with all aspects of Animal Law. I was a co-founder and a twenty two year Board member of the Animal Legal Defense Fund. I teach Animal Law, Property Law and International Environmental Law.The issues of Animal Rights has been on my agenda for over twenty years.
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Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Addicted to war?
War Fever, Trump-Style.
Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.