Judge Thomas L. Parker called the first-of-its-kind law, which Republican Gov. Bill Lee signed back in March, a 'viewpoint-based restriction' that is both 'unconstitutionally vague and substantially o

A Trump-appointed federal judge says Tennessee’s first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict limits on drag shows is unconstitutional.

A federal judge says Tennessee’s first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict limits on drag shows is unconstitutional

Weeks after Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed the controversial bill into law, a Memphis-based theater group filed suit in federal court.

A Trump-appointed federal judge late Friday declared Tennessee’s new law restricting drag performances unconstitutional and halted its enforcement in Shelby County, where the case originated. Judge Thomas Parker wrote that any restrictions on the First Amendment should be “narrow and well-defined” and that the drag law “is neither.

U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker says the first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict limits on drag shows is unconstitutional.