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Texas Gets Its Day To Defend Strip Club “Pole Tax”
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A few short months ago, the proposed law hitting Texas strip club patrons with a $5-per-visit tax seemed almost dead. Two lower courts had struck it down, in part because of concerns it would violate the First Amendment by limiting the free speech of both patrons and dancers. 
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The proposed tax would apply only to strip clubs that serve alcohol or bars that promote nudity-based activities, such as wet T-shirt contests, the American-Statesman says. The state contends that limiting demand for such establishments would reduce the number of sex assaults committed in the state. The strip clubs, represented by Winstead’s Craig Enoch, claim the tax would violate the First Amendment by punishing unpopular speech. Enoch engaged the court in a spirited debate Thursday over whether nude dancing is an art form that should be protected by the First Amendment. “The act of dancing is expressive,” Enoch told the justices, according to the American-Statesman. 

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Austin, TX, United States (AHN) – The Texas Supreme Court is deciding whether to get rid of a $5 cover charge to enter strip clubs.
The “pole tax,” which requires nude clubs in Texas to charge a entrance fee, was received by the state’s highest court Thursday. Arguments over strippers expressing themselves freely were countered by arguments over tax and zoning standards as judges mulled the law created to fund programs for sexual assault victims.
Lower courts agreed with the strip clubs, ruling that the fee–despite raising over $13 million since 2008 – unconstitutionally regulated free expression, according to reports.
The law specifically targets strip clubs that sell alcohol.
The court is not expected to rule for months.
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Despite affecting more than 2 million customers, some strip clubs have ignored the fee so far.

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The state Supreme Court made a rare group appearance in San Antonio on Thursday to determine the fate of Texas’ embattled “pole tax” on strip club patrons.
The justices heard oral arguments at St. Mary’s University School of Law for the 2007 legislation, which instituted a $5 fee for each person at a nude dancing establishment where alcohol is served.
A state district judge in Austin and the 3rd Court of Appeals have agreed with the Texas Entertainment Association — a lobbyist group for the strip clubs — that the tax is unconstitutional.
“A tax imposed on a small group of First Amendment speakers, particularly a group conveying a message that the taxing body might consider undesirable, carries a greater risk of suppressing speech than a zoning ordinance because the power to tax involves the power to destroy,” 3rd Court Justice Diane Henson ruled in June.
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Austin-based attorney Craig Enoch, who represents the strip clubs, pointed out that courts have long held nude dancing to be a form of expression protected by the First Amendment.

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Strip club ‘pole tax’ in hands of Texas high court
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The so-called pole tax, requiring strip clubs in Texas to levy the admission charge, made its way Thursday to the state’s highest court. Talk about strippers engaging in free expression was balanced by rebuttals about tax and zoning precedents as justices considered the law designed to fund programs for sexual assault victims.
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Lower courts have sided with the strip clubs, ruling that the fee that has collected more than $13.6 million since 2008 is an unconstitutional regulation of free expression.
The law specifically applies to strip clubs that sell alcohol. Texas Solicitor General James Ho told the nine Republican justices that the fee is justified, since the state could already impose bans on both.
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The Texas Entertainment Association, which represents strip clubs across the state, sued. A state district judge struck down the law in 2008. Then a 2-1 ruling by the Austin-based 3rd Court of Appeals said the tax improperly singles out one form of expression, nude dancing, for regulation.

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Strip club ‘pole tax’ in hands of Texas high court
By PAUL J. WEBER (AP) – 3 hours ago
SAN ANTONIO — The Texas Supreme Court is deciding whether to strip away a $5 entrance fee to watch nude dancers.
The court heard arguments Thursday about whether the so-called pole tax, a fee mandated by lawmakers in 2007, is unconstitutional.
Texas has so far collected more than $13.6 million from the fee. But many clubs have ignored the law, which is intended to fund programs for sexual assault victims.
The Texas Entertainment Association, which represents strip clubs across the state, sued to block the fee. Lower courts have sided with the clubs.
Justices questioned both sides at length. Talk about strippers engaging in free expression was balanced by rebuttals about tax and zoning precedents. It will likely be months before the Supreme Court rules.

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Texas Strip Club Pole Tax Challenge Goes To State Supreme Court
The Texas Supreme Court will take up the state’s so-called strip club pole tax.

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SAN ANTONIO — The so-called “pole tax” in Texas strip clubs is getting a peek from the state Supreme Court.
The court will hear arguments Thursday in San Antonio about whether a $5 entrance fee at strip clubs, mandated by state lawmakers in 2007, is unconstitutional. Many clubs have ignored the fee, which is intended to fund programs for sexual assault victims.
Lower courts have ruled the fee to be an improper regulation of free expression.
The state has so far collected more than $13.6 million from the fee, according to the state comptroller’s office. That money has been held in an account pending the outcome of the legal fight.
The Republican-led court is not expected to immediately issue a ruling.

See the full article from “Houston Chronicle”

Strip club ‘pole tax’ goes before Texas high court
Associated Press – March 25, 2010 4:05 AM ET
SAN ANTONIO (AP) – The so-called “pole tax” in Texas strip clubs is getting a peek from the state Supreme Court.
The court will hear arguments Thursday in San Antonio about whether a $5 entrance fee at strip clubs, mandated by state lawmakers in 2007, is unconstitutional. Many clubs have ignored the fee, which is intended to fund programs for sexual assault victims.
Lower courts have ruled the fee to be an improper regulation of free expression.
The state has so far collected more than $13.6 million from the fee, according to the state comptroller’s office. That money has been held in an account pending the outcome of the legal fight.
The Republican-led court is not expected to immediately issue a ruling.

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Philosophically, Im in favor of sex anytime, anybody who wants to have it, with whoever has enough power and equality to enjoy it with anybody else, Farley continues. Im not in favor of buying sex, because in that transaction theres a huge power imbalance.
If its true that incidences of rape have decreased, sexual abuse, assault, and sexual slavery are still very much with us. It is these victims that the pro-pornography contingent tends to overlook. In Texas, the headlines continue to roll out. Federal agents in Brownsville, Houston, and San Antonio break up criminal rings who were bringing women from Mexico and forcing them to perform in strip clubs as sex workers. Former Spurs Guard Alvin Robertson is arrested on charges of forcing a 14-year-old San Antonio runaway into stripping and prostitution.

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Investigators say the 47-year- old athlete is part of a ring that kidnapped the girl and forced her into prostitution and dancing at a strip club.

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