Defense to challenge law in case of released minks

CHICAGO (AP) — A defense lawyer in a case of two animal rights activists accused of releasing 2,000 minks on an Illinois farm says he’ll challenge the constitutionality of the federal Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act under which they’re charged.

When lawyer Michael Deutsch told Judge Milton Shadur the statute’s name at a Wednesday hearing in Chicago, Shadur laughed and said, “Really?”