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"Ninth Circuit upholds block on Montana's drag story hour ban; A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel affirmed a lower court's decision blocking Montana from enforcing a 2023 law that banned drag performers from reading to children and restricted minors from attending drag performances; The Ninth Circuit panel ruled the law unconstitutionally targeted protected speech under the First Amendment"

Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 01:18 AM
By Howard Bashman

"Ninth Circuit upholds block on Montana's drag story hour ban; A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel affirmed a lower court's decision blocking Montana from enforcing a 2023 law that banned drag performers from reading to children and restricted minors from attending drag performances; The Ninth Circuit panel ruled the law unconstitutionally targeted protected speech under the First Amendment": Quinn Welsch of Courthouse News Service has this report. You can access today's ruling of the U.S. Co

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