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Abstract
This Note examines the constitutionality as well as practicality of two different concert-rating statutes. San Antonio ordinance 61,850, the first attempt at concert-rating, has never been challenged constitutionally. This Note asserts that if the ordinance were challenged, the Court would find it constitutionally valid on its face, despite the possibility of unconstitutional applications. However, some unconstitutional consequences remain. The second statute examined is one recently proposed by Senator Shugars in the Michigan state legislature. Like the San Antonio ordinance, this Note concludes that Senate Bill 239 would also withstand a constitutional challenge.
This Note examines the history and structure of concert-rating bills. Finally, it explores practical problems with and alternatives to regulated concert rating.
Recommended Citation
Deborah Cazan,
Concerts: Rated or Raided? First Amendment Implications of Concert-Rating,
2 Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law
170
(2020)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/jetlaw/vol2/iss2/4