The law would have banned adult cabaret performances from public property or anywhere minors might be present.

U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker says the first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict limits on drag shows is unconstitutional.

A federal judge ruled a Tennessee law criminalizing drag show performances in certain public locations was unconstitutional Friday.

A federal judge tossed out Tennessee’s controversial “anti-drag” law just after midnight Friday. The law would have restricted drag performances in the state. Judge Thomas Parker ruled the law unconstitutional after closing arguments in hearings about the state’s recent passage of the bill concluded in May.

The law would have banned adult cabaret performances from public property or anywhere minors might be present.

US federal judge Thomas Parker, appointed by former President Donald Trump, ruled that the law targeting drag performers passed by the Republican legislature in Tennessee is unconstitutional. In his 70-page ruling handed down on Friday,