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Photo: Wikipedia Visitor7<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last summer, Seattle-area bikini baristas made headlines<\/a> when their case was overturned by the Federal Appeals Court. Now, the baristas are filing a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court. <\/h1>\n\n\n\n

In 2017, seven baristas sued the city of Everett, Washington, located about 30 miles outside of Seattle, for its city ordinance that states,  \u201cexposure or display of one\u2019s genitals, anus, bottom one-half of the anal cleft, or any portion of the areola or nipple of the female breast,\u201d and continued to state that \u201cthe minimalistic [sic] nature of the clothing worn by baristas at these \u2018bikini\u2019 stands lends itself to criminal activities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ordinance was created after a 2009 event where a prostitution ring was found to be operating outside a different bikini barista stand in town. In 2017, new regulations were passed, eliciting the baristas\u2019 response to sue the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The baristas\u2019 legal representation at the time said the ordinance violated women\u2019s rights and the U.S. Constitution, and also claimed it violated the First Amendment and 14th Amendment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, three years since a U.S. District Judge said that Everett\u2019s city ordinance was likely unconstitutional because the language targeted women, the case has a chance of being heard in Washington, D.C.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The likelihood of that happening?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe chances are low, but I wouldn\u2019t say they\u2019re zero<\/em>,\u201d Charlotte Garden, a Seattle University of Law professor, tells Eater Seattle<\/a>. \u201cThere is a hard issue about when the First Amendment attaches to conduct that might be either intended to or understood to express a message. The Ninth Circuit took a narrow view of that question and decided that the baristas weren\u2019t covered by the First Amendment at all. But other federal appeals courts have a broader approach. So it is conceivably possible (but still unlikely) that the Court would decide to use this case to resolve that question.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, bikini baristas can still work in Everett and other parts of Washington State. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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