Challenge to US ivory ban moves on
A US lawsuit by the Art and Antique Dealers League of America and the National Art and Antique Dealers Association of America challenging a 2014 New York law banning the sale of antique ivory was given the green light on August 14 to move to the next stage.
The court claim alleges that New York’s ivory ban is unconstitutional as it restricts ‘commercial speech’. The 2014 law made it illegal to sell, purchase, trade, barter, or otherwise distribute elephant ivory and rhinoceros horn within the state.