Bada Bing employees filed lawsuit for violation of First Amendment rights.

I hope the gals win.

I checked the rating for the club and it is a 3.03 / 10 (judy gave it a 7.67).

3.03?! JJ is all that prevents it from being a 1.

The place is a dive, I've never been there, but I believe my buddies who have been there. Judy would indeed be a gem, compared to some of the "ahem" beauties who also work there. Now if lightning strikes, maybe someday one of us TUSCLER's will enjoy her company.

"The purpose of the ordinance, according to the city, is to establish reasonable and uniform regulations to minimize and control the negative secondary effects of adult cabarets in order to promote the health, safety and public welfare of the city." another bunch of blue-nosed yahoos trying to save all us unwashed heathens from ourselves. geez, can't these dopes just shove a sock in it?

"The lawsuit says that the plaintiffs engage in dance intended to convey an erotic message, which is expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and therefore they should not have to register."

Hmmmm, interesting case, but they will likely lose IMO. One has to register with the authorities in many cities & towns in order to protest something & that's protect speech under the 1st Amendment.

"The lawsuit also says the city has systematically and continually enforced the ordinances against the plaintiffs, but has refused to enforce the same against employees at the Larry Flynt Hustler Club."

LOL...that's the "Hey, that guy was speeding too, but you didn't pull him over officer?!". That argument will go nowhere unless they can prove that somebody in the govt. had it in for them at the Bada Bing.

<One has to register with the authorities in many cities & towns in order to protest something & that's protect speech under the 1st Amendment.>

The most common reason I've seen given for protest registration requirement is so that the municipality can evaluate whether or not resources, services or law enforcement will be required to be present at the time. It's not a "permission" thing so much as a "you might be unpopular so we might have to safeguard you" thing. If there's a similar reason in place here, I'd essentially agree. If the city can't come up with a reason for requiring registration other than "we don't like what you're doing and want to make sure we know who you are," well, maybe and maybe not. I've seen them go both ways.

<<"...but has refused to enforce the same against employees at the Larry Flynt Hustler Club.">>

<LOL...that's the "Hey, that guy was speeding too, but you didn't pull him over officer?!".>

Not quite the same thing. It's physically very difficult, many times impossible, for a single officer to pull over multiple traffic violators, unless they decide to cooperate.

On the other hand, a city law enforcement organization that can't investigate two clubs at the same time is somewhat less plausible. However, even if the defense is correct in that regard, it is ChicagoLand, so they can probably produce whatever investigation reports they need to prove they've been investigating both clubs all along, right? Even if they have to "back date" the reports. :)

"It's not a 'permission' thing so much as a 'you might be unpopular so we might have to safeguard you' thing."

I think this is basically true. I'm not personally opposed to having a registry for sex workers. Whether the USA legalizes prostitution or not, having a registry of people that are involved in sex work makes sense from a public (health) safety perspective. You wouldn't want known criminals or people that had communicable diseases employed in the sex trade IMHO.

"It's physically very difficult, many times impossible, for a single officer to pull over multiple traffic violators, unless they decide to cooperate."

The same could be said about policing many different strip clubs in a municipality. The police can't be everywhere at once, unless the residents of a community want to hire a hell of a lot more cops.

"However, even if the defense is correct in that regard, it is ChicagoLand"

I thought this was in MI?