A federal judge says Tennessee’s first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict limits on drag shows is unconstitutional.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict limits on drag shows is unconstitutional, a federal judge says.
The law would have banned adult cabaret performances from public property or anywhere minors might be present. Performers who broke the law risked being charged with a misdemeanor or a felony for a repeat offense. A spokesperson for both Skrmetti and Mulroy did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Parker’s ruling.
FILE - Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee responds to questions during a news conference Tuesday, April 11, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. In a 70-page ruling handed down late Friday night, June 2, 2023, U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker wrote that the law was both “unconstitutionally vague and substantially overbroad” and encouraged “discriminatory enforcement.” Yet the actual word “drag” doesn’t appear in the statute.
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