Drag Show Ban at Texas University Left Intact by Supreme Court

The US Supreme Court refused to let a student group host a charity drag show at a public university in Texas, siding with a school official who banned the performance as “derisive, divisive and demoralizing.”

In a one-sentence order that didn’t note any dissents, the high court turned away a request from an LGBTQ-rights group that said West Texas A&M University and its president violated the Constitution’s free speech clause by barring the planned March 22 show from taking place on campus.

As is its usual practice with its emergency docket, the court didn’t explain its decision. The order ...