Plaintiffs claim HB 359 is not only 'impermissibly vague' and 'unconstitutional,' but it violates their First, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights.
The state of Montana is facing a new lawsuit just months after it became the first state in the nation to enact a ban on"Drag Queen Story Hour."
After the ban was passed, the Butte-Silver Bow Public Library canceled an event featuring Adria Jawort, a Native American transgender woman. Jawort filed the lawsuit, which Scripps News obtained, along with educators, bookstore owners, LGBTQ+ advocates, and even a fitness center. The suit alleges the law, House Bill 359,"is so vaguely worded it could target Dolly Parton."The lawsuit also claims that not only is the bill problematic in its restrictions on the exposure of female breasts, but it also creates confusion regarding the display of cleavage.
The plaintiffs in the lawsuit state that this bill is not only"impermissibly vague" and"unconstitutional," but it violates their First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights as it blocks the freedom of self-expression, discriminates on the basis of sex, and is a violation of due process.
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