The First Amendment and Restrictions on Gathering Information by Drone

From Sixth Circuit Judge John Bush's very interesting opinion Friday respecting denial of rehearing en banc in Yoder v. Bowen :

This case involves an as-applied challenge to a Michigan law (the drone statute) that makes it illegal to "us[e] an unmanned vehicle or unmanned device that uses aerodynamic forces to achieve flight"—i.e., a drone—while "tak[ing] game or fish." Drone Deer Recovery, a plaintiff here, offers a service where it tracks downed animals using drones and then posts the location of the animals' carcasses online so hunters can more easily find their kill. The plaintiffs allege that the drone statute violates their First Amendment rights because it (1) is a content-based speech restriction, (2) violates the speech-inputs doctrine, and (3) unconstitutionally restricts their