Jacksonville strip-club operators and dancers are suing the city again over licensing rules for dancers the city created this year to replace old rules a federal judge said were unconstitutional.
A lawsuit filed last week argues an ordinance the City Council passed in April “continues to impose an unconstitutional prior restraint on protected speech” by giving the Sheriff’s Office too much leeway in deciding whether to issue identification cards that dancers need in order to work.
“The ordinance allows the sheriff the unfettered discretion to deny a work identification card based on his subjective determination,” says the suit filed by lawyers representing eight strip club businesses and four dancers.
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