A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel affirmed a lower court’s decision blocking Montana from enforcing a 2023 law that banned drag performers from reading to children and restricted minors from attending drag performances. The Ninth Circuit panel ruled the law unconstitutionally targeted protected speech under the First Amendment.
(CN) — An appeals court upheld a decision on Friday that blocked the Montana attorney general and superintendent of public education from enforcing a ban on drag story hours and sexually oriented performances.
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