Baggy Pants ban deemed 'unconstitutional'
 

MIAMI (AFP) - A Florida judge has deemed unconstitutional a law banning baggy pants that show off the wearer's underwear, local media reported Tuesday.

A 17-year-old spent a night in jail last week after police arrested him for wearing low pants in Riviera Beach, southeast Florida.

The law banning so-called "saggy pants" was approved by city voters in March after supporters of the bill collected nearly 5,000 signatures to put the measure on the ballot.

The teen would have received a 150 dollars fine or community service, but he spent the night in jail due to a history of marijuana use, the Palm Beach Post newspaper said.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080916...aw6N3yIT1H2ocA

The article doesn't say why this law is unconstitutional. Does anyone know why the judge said the law was unconstitutional?

Because you have a constitutional right to bad taste.

The only story I've found on it was the AP report, and it didn't mention anything about the judge's basis.

I'm finding lots of local and wire reports on it, but none say why the judge ruled as he did. Many, though, do say that he found it to be unconstitutional "on the limited facts of this case," so I take that to mean he held that the ordinance was unconstitutionally applied in this case, not that it is unconstitutional on its face.

That depends :)

Ok, that makes more sense.

About damn time.

they did this in Va a few years ago. it was very quickly shot down. i wonder how he thought it would work for them?