TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A full federal appeals court will take up a battle about a 2023 Florida law designed to prevent children from going to drag shows, after two rulings blocked the law on First Amendment grounds.

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday said it will hold a full-court, or “en banc,” hearing in the state’s appeal of a preliminary injunction issued in 2023 by U.S. District Judge Gregory Presnell. The order also vacated a May decision by a panel of the Atlanta-based appeals court that upheld the injunction.

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Monday’s order did not explain the court’s reasoning. But it went along with a request by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, who in June sought a rehearing.

The Central Florida venue Hamburger Mary’s challenged the constitutionality of

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