Home > Topics > Speech > Adult entertainment   By David L. Hudson Jr. First Amendment scholar An emerging question is whether state Supreme Courts will view restrictions on adult businesses more critically under state constitutions than federal courts do under the First Amendment. FULL STORY>     Federal court upholds Ohio 'no-touch' strip-club law Judge says statute that bans exotic dancers from touching patrons or each other does not violate First Amendment or other constitutional rights of business owners. 06.25.09   Federal judge blocks Kan. ban on sexy billboards Spokeswoman says attorney general's office is deciding how to proceed given that nearly identical laws in three other states have been struck down. 07.01.09  SEARCH  MORE adult entertainment issues > Pornography & obscenity Adult bookstores Nude dancing Secondary-effects doctrine