Supreme Court says Florida can't enforce anti-drag law

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : The governor, upon signing the law in May, said that the state "is proud to lead the way in standing up for our children.""As the world goes mad, Florida represents a refuge of sanity and a citadel of normalcy," he said in a statement at the time.
53% : After the law went into effect, the restaurant placed age restrictions on all of its performances except for a single Sunday afternoon performance tailored to the youngest possible audience in order to avoid running afoul of the law.
51% : The case could reach the justices again, but it will likely be months before the lower courts finish their review of the law and any accompanying appeals.
47% : The challenge to the law continues at lower courts, and Steve Vladeck, CNN Supreme Court analyst and professor at the University of Texas School of Law, cautioned against drawing broader implications from Thursday's order.
42% : The high court's order Thursday means that state officials cannot enforce the law at all before the legal challenge to it is resolved.
41% : Florida had asked the justices to slightly narrow the state-wide injunction so that the law could be enforced against every business except the restaurant that was challenging it.
41% : Since the district court temporarily blocked enforcement of the law, the restaurant has returned to normal operations.
40% : Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody argued that the law - dubbed the "Protection of Children Act" - was designed to "prevent the exposure of children to sexually explicit live performances.
40% : A lawyer for Hamburger Mary's told the high court that prior to the passage of the law, none of its drag show performances - consisting of comedy sketches and dancing - were age restricted.
39% : Florida had asked the high court to narrow a lower court's injunction that stopped the law from being enforced statewide.
35% : Moody additionally said that Hamburger Mary's is not impacted by the law because its shows are not sexually explicit.
34% : "A district court judge in Florida blocked the law in June, holding it likely violated the Constitution's free speech and due process protections and that it was unconstitutionally vague.
22% : Conservative Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch said they would have allowed the law to take effect.

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