COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Exotic dancers would have to stay six feet from strip club customers and those businesses would have to close at midnight under a bill being considered by House lawmakers. Scott Bergthold is a Tennessee-based lawyer who told a House subcommittee on Thursday that late operating hours for strip clubs creates more crime and problems for police. Bergthold says stripper dances may be protected by courts, but not when they touch customers, which is commonly known as a lap dance. He says there's no constitutional right to lap dances. The House Judiciary Committee will next take up the...
