San Antonio Strip Clubs: Strippers to the Supremes
March 26, 2010Strippers to the Supremes
So the Texas Supreme Court became the latest legal entity to be dragged into the slow-burning legal argument over the $5 stripper surcharge – AKA the titty tax – after it heard the latest round of arguments in San Antonio yesterday.
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The issues have been getting obscured by salacious coverage, and it really doesn’t help when the Statesman ran a story today posing the question “Is exotic dancing, performed partially clothed or fully nude, a form of free speech protected by the U.S. Constitution? Strip club owners insist that it is.” Yes, strip club owners and the U.S. Supreme Court. The unfortunate problem for those opposing the tax is that the Texas Supremes are not as enamored of the fact that naked performances are still protected free speech as SCOTUS is.