Texas Legislator Files Atypical Amicus Brief in Support of ‘Pole Tax’
Legislators rarely send amicus briefs to the Texas high court explaining why a law was passed, because the court usually doesn't listen anyway, experts say. But one lawmaker has done so in a case involving the constitutionality of a law waggishly known as "the pole tax," which puts a $5 tax on each customer who enters a sexually oriented business that serves alcohol. Even the lawyer who helped craft the amicus brief says such briefs by legislators attempting to explain why the Legislature passed a law are controversial.
