Political Wire: “A federal judge says Tennessee’s first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict limits on drag shows is unconstitutional,” the AP reports. U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, wrote that the law was both “unconstitutionally vague and substantially overbroad.” He also added that the statute encouraged “discriminatory enforcement.” From the opinion:…
Month: June 2023
GOP FL Prosecutors Appear to Be Selectively Enforcing DeSantis Voter Law
Political Wire: “A Republican state attorney last May declined to prosecute six voter fraud cases that involved circumstances strikingly similar to the cases later brought against 20 ex-felons by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ election police unit and statewide prosecutors,” the Orlando Sentinel reports. “The office of State Attorney Bill Gladson, whose district includes The Villages and five Republican…