Thana v. Board of License Commissioners

(Retired, Specially Assigned).

In this appeal of a decision of the Circuit Court for Charles County, a liquor licensee seeks to raise a First Amendment challenge to a “consent order” of a county liquor board that prevented the establishment from offering “go-go entertainment.” In musical terms, this case, at first glance, may look like The Miracles’ 1965 hit, “Going to a Go Go” meets 1984’s “Footloose.” 1 Ultimately, we conclude that, because of waiver and preservation problems, the appropriate tune is the Grass Roots’ 1967 hit, “Things I Should Have Said.”

This case revolves around go-go, but…