Federal judge strikes down Texas law tied to drag performances for second time
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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A federal judge has once again struck down a Texas law, restricting certain sexually oriented performances, ruling that Senate Bill 12 is unconstitutional and violates First Amendment protections. U.S.
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The ruling comes after an appeals court set aside the judge’s earlier decision, allowing the 2023 law to take effect in March while the legal challenge continued.
Texas’ drag ban — Senate Bill 12 passed in the 2023 Texas Legislature — has once again been ruled unconstitutional, according to numerous reports. A federal judge in Houston ruled Tuesday, Aug. 25 — for the second time — that Senate Bill 12, the so-called Texas drag ban which came out of the 2023 le…
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‘This is a profoundly flawed decision that endangers our children and is an affront to Texas values,’ Ken Paxton says A federal judge has, for a second time, struck down a Texas state law banning drag performances in settings where children may be present.
A federal judge struck down a 2023 Texas law Tuesday, ruling that the state cannot enforce its drag show ban as it violated the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech while its definitions were so broad it could have landed the late Dolly Parton behind bars.
A federal judge on Tuesday struck down, for the second time, a Texas law that would have restricted public drag performances in the state. U.S. District Judge David Hittner ruled that the state Senate Bill 12, which was passed in 2023, violated the First Amendment and “is an unconstitutional restric…
A federal judge cited Dolly Parton’s bosom as he blocked Texas’ drag ban, proving that even in death, the LGBTQ+ icon can still defend the rights of queens. U.S. District Judge David Hittner ruled that a 2023 state law criminalizing “sexually oriented” performances in public or in the presence of mi…
A federal judge on Tuesday struck down, for the second time, a Texas law that would have restricted public drag performances in the state, name-checking the late Dolly Parton in doing so. U.S. District Judge David Hittner ruled that the state Senate Bill 12, which was passed in 2023, violated the Fi…
U.S. District Judge David Hittner on Tuesday cited Dolly Parton in his decision to strike down Senate Bill 12, a 2023 law that sought to restrict drag shows in Texas.
Hittner said that the law's definition of banned performances, which references appeals to "prurient interest in sex," is "unconstitutionally vague," and could therefore "be used to cherry-pick particular aspects of performances that might be ‘in some sense erotic.'"
A Texas law targeting certain drag performances has once again been blocked after a federal judge ruled that its restrictions violate the U.S. Constitution. U.S. District Judge David Hittner on […]
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