A federal appeals court on Monday heard arguments in a lawsuit challenging a Louisiana law that critics say is an unconstitutional attempt to limit protests against oil pipelines.
“This case isn’t just about Louisiana,” one of the plaintiffs in the case, Sicangu, Lakota environmental activist Anne White Hat, said in a statement. “It’s part of a nationwide crackdown on environmental activism, pushed by oil and gas interests to silence resistance. But the people are standing strong. Because protecting land, water, and the right to protest is a fight we can’t afford to lose.”
