Federal Judge Kills Texas Drag Show Ban, Saying It Would Even Land Dolly Parton in Jail
A federal judge struck down a 2023 Texas law Tuesday, ruling that the state cannot enforce its drag show ban as it violated the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech while its definitions were so broad it could have landed the late Dolly Parton behind bars. The post Federal.
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Brimstone Report is tracking this as a curated politics brief. The source report from Breitbart says: A federal judge struck down a 2023 Texas law Tuesday, ruling that the state cannot enforce its drag show ban as it violated the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech while its definitions were so broad it could have landed the late Dolly Parton behind bars. The post Federal.
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- Published: Aug 26, 2026, 4:14 PM UTC
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