The Penis Mightier Why is it worse to use problematic language to describe something than to acknowledge that thing is actually problematic? Reason · Mar 13
Geese, Ganders, and Pterodactyls: Amicus Brief in Fifth Circuit En Banc Rehearing of West Texas A&M Drag Ban Case From a brief filed yesterday by Joshua J. Bennett (Baker & Hostetler LLP) on behalf of Dale Carpenter, the Cato… The post Geese, Ganders, and Pterodactyls: Amicus Brief in Fifth Circuit En Banc Rehearing of West Texas A&M Drag Ban Case appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Dec 2, 2025
West Texas A&M Drag Ban Defeated in Court Obviously drag shows are protected by the First Amendment. Reason · Aug 20, 2025
Did the Texas Tribune Hallucinate About Judge Ho's Dissent? The article misattributed two quotations to Judge Ho. And variants of those quotes appeared in the majority, but there were inexplicable alterations. Reason · Aug 20, 2025
Fifth Circuit: West Texas A&M Violated First Amendment by Blocking Student Group's Drag Show The decision drew a sharp dissent. [UPDATE: The headline originally said Texas A & M, and has since been corrected to West Texas A & M; my apologies.] Reason · Aug 18, 2025
Supreme Court Rejects Emergency Appeal For University Drag Show Supreme Court denies emergency appeal from Spectrum WT to host drag show on campus at West Texas A&M University. Top News · Mar 16, 2024
Federal judge rules Texas university that canceled drag show didn't violate free speech rights A federal judge has ruled that a university in the Texas Panhandle did not violate the constitutional right to free speech when the school’s president canceled a drag show earlier this year The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2023
Federal Judge Declines To Stop Drag Show Ban at Texas College The judge ruled that drag performances are not inherently expressive and that schools could regulate "vulgar and lewd" conduct. Reason · Sep 22, 2023
FIRE Sues West Texas A&M Over Its Blocking of Student Group's Drag Show From the brief in support of motion for TRO in Spectrum WT v. Wendler (N.D. Tex.), filed Friday (see the brief for more factual details, and some further analysis); the argument seems correct to me: Introduction West Texas A&M University's President, Defendant Walter Wendler, has declared that he will not… Reason · Mar 26, 2023
Student group sues after Texas university cancels drag show A student group at a university in the Texas Panhandle said in a federal lawsuit filed Friday that the school’s president violated their constitutional right to free speech when he canceled their planned drag show The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2023
This College President Knows the First Amendment Protects the Drag Show He Canceled. He Just Doesn't Care. "I will not appear to condone the diminishment of any group at the expense of impertinent gestures toward another group for any reason, even when the law of the land appears to require it," he wrote. Reason · Mar 24, 2023