Blue Movies, Inc. v. Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government

While I am in full agreement with the conclusions reached by the well-reasoned majority opinion, I write separately to more fully address the provision exclusively relied upon by Appellants in support of their constitutional claims, Section 1(4) of the Kentucky Constitution. Appellants make no federal First Amendment claims, and seek only to have their arguments addressed on state constitutional grounds.1 Indeed, the Federal District Court,'following removal by Metro, dismissed this very litigation from its docket for lack of jurisdiction on the basis that Appellants raised no federal…