Judge Blocks Texas’s Anti-Drag Show Law, Citing First Amendment Speech Rights

“Drag shows express a litany of emotions and purposes” that warrant protection, the judge wrote.

A federal judge has found Texas’s law targeting drag performances to be overly vague and in direct violation of First Amendment speech rights, thus rendering it unenforceable. U.S. District Judge David Hittner issued his ruling on Tuesday, placing a permanent injunction on the law known as Senate Bill 12. While the Texas statute doesn’t expressly mention drag shows, it’s clear that Hittner...

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