Tennesee drag ban ruled unconstitutional by Trump-appointed judge

A federal judge in Tennessee has struck down the state’s recent anti-drag law, saying the first-in-the-nation legislation is an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment. In a ruling handed out late Friday night, U.S. District Judge Thomas L. Parker, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, said the law — which would severely restrict drag performances and threaten violators with felony criminal penalties — was “unconstitutionally vague and substantially overbroad.” The ban would prohibit “adult-oriented performances” from being held on public property and restrict who could see them. It would...