According to the New York Times, the Texas Supreme Court upheld the Texas legislature’s imposition of a “pole tax” (I’m not making that up) of $5 charged to strip club owners for every patron entering one of the states more than 200 establishments that offer live nude dancing and serve alcohol. The fee is charged to the strip club, not the patron, and designed to fund sexual assault education programs and healthcare coverage for low income Texans. The Texas Supreme Court determined that the fee did not violate the First Amendment, in that it was designed to address the “secondary effects of nude dancing when alcohol is consumed.”
I’ve come up with at least 4 jokes about that last line….
