U.S. Supreme Court Rejects DeSantis Attempt to Enforce Drag Show Law Halted in Lower Courts | FlaglerLive

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : "This concern rings hollow, however, when accompanied by the knowledge that Florida state law, presently and independently of the instant (new) statutory scheme, permits any minor to attend an R-rated film at a movie theater if accompanied by a parent or guardian.
49% : After Presnell and a panel of the Atlanta-based appeals court rejected the state's request for a partial stay, lawyers representing Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation Secretary Melanie Griffin, the named defendant in the case, took the issue to the Supreme Court.
49% : "The question of whether a district court, after holding that a law violates the Constitution, may nonetheless enjoin the government from enforcing that law against non-parties to the litigation is an important question that could warrant our review in the future.
41% : The DeSantis administration appealed Presnell's ruling to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and also sought a partial stay that would have allowed the state to enforce the law against all venues in Florida -- except Hamburger Mary's -- while the legal battle continues to play out.
39% : "Regulators would be able to suspend or revoke licenses of restaurants, bars and other venues that violate the law.
39% : In issuing the preliminary injunction, Presnell wrote that law "is specifically designed to suppress the speech of drag queen performers" and the state "already has statutes" that protect children from seeing obscene performances.
35% : U.S. District Judge Gregory Presnell this summer issued a statewide preliminary injunction against the law, finding that it violated First Amendment rights.
34% : "No federal statute expressly grants district courts the power to enter injunctions prohibiting government enforcement against non-parties in the circumstances presented in this case," Kavanaugh and Barrett wrote, referring to enforcement against venues other than Hamburger Mary's.
18% : While the law does not specifically mention drag shows, it came after the DeSantis administration cracked down on venues in South Florida and Central Florida where children attended drag shows.

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