In a recent development, the Supreme Court has denied a request by Spectrum WT, a Texas college student group, to host a drag show on campus. The court has sided with West Texas A&M University's decision to prohibit the performance, despite the group's claim that the ban violates the First Amendment.

Spectrum WT, along with two student leaders of the LGBTQ group, filed an emergency petition with the high court to seek permission for the drag show. However, the Supreme Court's brief order on Friday indicates that the group will not be able to proceed with the performance while the litigation continues. Notably, there were no noted dissents in the court's decision.

This issue has been pending for nearly a year, with the original lawsuit filed ahead of a scheduled drag performance last year, which was later relocated off-campus. This year, the group had scheduled the show for March 22. However, the conservative 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals will now hear arguments in the case during the week of April 29.

Walter Wendler, the president of West Texas A&M University, had previously declined the group's request to host the event. According to court records, Wendler stated that the performances exaggerated aspects of womanhood and stereotyped women in cartoon-like extremes for the amusement of others.

One of the issues emphasized by US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in his ruling in favor of the university was the concern of minors attending the performance. Judge Kacsmaryk, who was nominated by former President Donald Trump, ruled in September that the group did not have a First Amendment right to hold the drag show on campus.

The 5th Circuit had declined to expedite the review of the case, prompting the students to file an emergency request with the Supreme Court. JT Morris, a senior attorney with the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, which is representing the students, expressed disappointment over the Supreme Court's decision but affirmed that the group would continue pursuing the case in the 5th Circuit.

"The show is not over," Morris stated.

As of now, a spokesman for West Texas A&M University has declined to comment on the pending litigation, leaving the final resolution of this contentious issue in the hands of the court system.