Supreme Court denies request to reinstate Florida drag show law
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday denied a request by Florida to partially halt a judge’s order blocking the state from enforcing a new law banning minors from attending drag shows.
A majority of the court concurred in the decision to not grant the stay Florida asked for in October. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, in an opinion joined by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, indicated that the court was unlikely to grant full review in the case.
What happened: The restaurant chain Hamburger Mary’s, which hosts drag and comedy shows, sued the Sunshine State over the summer, claiming a new law, Florida’s Protection of Children Act, was overly broad and chilled the right to free speech under the First Amendment...
