The good news about all the fascist Republican efforts lately to ban books, drag shows, and other forms of speech that they don't like? People are pushing back and filing lawsuits.
One recent example was in Tennessee, where a drag comedy troupe took the GOP stormtroopers to court over the so-called "Adult Entertainment Act," which officially criminalized their art. And guess what? A Trump-appointed US district judge just tossed the AEA as a violation of the First Amendment.
"The Court finds that the Adult Entertainment Act is an UNCONSTITUTIONAL restriction on the freedom of speech and PERMANENTLY ENJOINS Defendant Steven Mulroy from enforcing the unconstitutional statute," Judge Thomas Parker wrote.
It was and remains disturbing that, with a mighty assist from Mitch McConnell, the Trumpsters were able to appoint so many of their ilk to the courts. (The current brouhaha over the abortion pill is a direct legacy of that.) But it's also reassuring that many of those judges have not been rubber stamps for Benedict Donald. Many ruled against him in his baseless 2020 election challenges, and now Parker reminds us that they can rule against him and his brownshirts on other issues as well.
Let's take the win! Happy Pride, everyone. We cats PURR.
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