We have resolved that Equal Justice Alliance must continue its mission along three tracks:

* To protect equal justice and freedom of speech for animal and other social justice advocates by working to repeal AETA and to prevent future repressive legislation;
* To provide an alternative Congressional watchdog function;
* To promote an atmosphere of respect for animal advocacy within Congress and Justice Department.

We plan to pursue three ways of neutralizing AETA:
* By convincing federal district attorneys not to prosecute under AETA because the law is too broad and vague to make it through the courts;
* By convincing federal courts to dismiss a test case because the law is too broad and vague;
* By convincing Congress that the law is unworkable, unconstitutional, and should be repealed.

These are our projected tasks:
* Establish friendly relations with key legislators, Justice personnel, and defenders of civil liberties.
* Work with bar associations to obtain their support.
* Place favorable stories in the media.
* Develop talking points for contacting your senators and representative to begin the repeal process.
* Plan a major national conference next summer in Los Angeles to promote repeal.
* Compile guidelines for operating in the face of AETA.
* Compile a record of discriminatory enforcement of AETA.
* Ask animal rights and other social justice advocacy groups and individuals to join our effort.

Here is a quick summary of the key flaws of AETA, with more details on our website:
* It was passed by a voice vote of only five Representatives as a non-controversial bill.
* It is excessively broad and vague.
* It imposes disproportionately harsh penalties.
* It effectively brands animal advocates as ‘terrorists’ and denies them equal protection.
* It effectively brands civil disobedience as ‘terrorism’ and imposes severe penalties.
* It has a chilling effect on all forms of protest by endangering free speech and assembly.
* It interferes with investigation of animal enterprises that violate federal laws.
* It detracts from prosecution of real terrorism against the American people.

What you can do

Clearly, we can not take on this ambitious challenge without your active and continuing support. We need your help in three specific areas:
* Keep the issue alive among Members of Congress by contacting your two senators and representative periodically, using the arguments on our website, which expand on the talking points listed above.
* Report to us any cases of prosecution of social justice groups. This will help us to demonstrate that AETA enforcement discriminates against animal activists.

But in the bill section 6 part B says:

“Does not include any lawful economic disruption that results from lawful public, governmental, or business reaction to discloser of information about an animal enterprise;”

I do not see were it changes any laws about protesting. I’m not trying to defend this law, I’m just trying to see what I’m misssing.

That’s the thing-! Under the fine print, there is no longer any such THING as a lawful protest if it’s against an animal enterprise. Even if we’re merely asking a company to ‘change its ways,’ it could inadvertently affect their profits, even if it wasn’t our goal and then we’d be in trouble. This is ABSOLUTELY a violation of the Constitution.