Here as a interesting article from Slate about a challenge to the NY ban on "combative sport." The plaintiffs are making the rather novel argument that martial arts are inherently artistic and thereby an expressive activity that should be protected under the First Amendment.
Here is the article:
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_a...enseless_.html
Here is the article:
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_a...enseless_.html