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  1. October 09, 2024

    5th Circ. Asks If Drag Ban Different From Obscenity Laws

    A Fifth Circuit panel wrangled with First Amendment questions surrounding a Texas law banning drag shows in front of children, with a judge asking an LGBTQ nonprofit how Texas' law was different from a law banning "sexual intercourse" or "sodomy" in downtown New Orleans during oral arguments Wednesday.

  2. April 11, 2024

    Drag Ban Opponents Defend Free Speech Stance To 5th Circ.

    A coalition of LGBTQ advocacy groups, performers and venues challenging a Lone Star State law widely seen as a ban on drag shows told the Fifth Circuit that the attorney general "ignores established precedent" in his defense of the legislation, which the groups said chills "inherently expressive" performances.

  3. January 01, 2024

    5 Texas Cases To Watch In 2024

    Several high-profile Texas cases will move through the courts in 2024, including Attorney General Ken Paxton's securities fraud case and a retaliation lawsuit brought by four of Paxton's former-aides-turned-whistleblowers. The first case in the Astroworld litigation is also expected to go to trial as various challenges to laws passed during the Texas legislative session make their way through courts across the Lone Star State.