Texas Strip Clubs Blocked From Employing Adults Under 21 (1)

Texas can continue to prohibit strip clubs and other sexually-oriented businesses from employing adults under the age of 21, a federal appeals court ruled.

Evidence that the law helps prevent human trafficking outweighs a First Amendment challenge to the age restriction, a panel on the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said Monday.

The businesses sought to block Texas’ law, known as SB 315, saying it restricts speech too broadly in the name of trying to stop trafficking, in part because it prohibits all employment of 18, 19 and 20 years olds, even in jobs that aren’t ...