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St. Louis license requirement has street performers singing the blues

June 26, 2013 | By TIMOTHY SANDEFUR

The Missouri Watchdog had this article yesterday about the lawsuit challenging St. Louis’ requirement that street performers audition before a city official before they can get licenses to perform. We filed a friend of the court brief arguing that the law is unconstitutionally vague even aside from its obvious First Amendment problems. From ...

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PLF joins with ACLU to defend the rights of St. Louis street performers

June 17, 2013 | By TIMOTHY SANDEFUR

If you want to play a guitar on a street corner in St. Louis, you have to get a license. That’s not so unusual—but what is unusual is that unlike just about any other place, in St. Louis you also have to audition before a city bureaucrat, who gets to decide whether or not you’re … ...