Texas University Students Appeal to Supreme Court Over Drag Show Ban

Seeking to overturn a campus ban, students argue for their First Amendment rights in a high-profile legal battle.

A group of students at West Texas A&M University has taken their fight to hold a charity drag show on campus to the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking an emergency ruling to allow the event.
The university president, Walter Wendler, banned the drag show, citing it as 'derisive, divisive and demoralizing' and arguing it stereotypes women.
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) is representing the students, arguing the ban violates their First Amendment rights.
The district court and the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals have so far denied the students' requests for an injunction to allow the drag show.
The Supreme Court has asked West Texas A&M to respond to the students' petition by March 13.