Is Harris County’s proposed prostitution ban constitutional? Judge set to hear arguments Thursday

A controversial lawsuit seeking to ban street prostitution on a notorious strip of Bissonnet in southwest Houston will come before a state judge Thursday as lawyers address whether the proposed injunction violates the constitutional rights of the accused prostitutes, pimps and johns it seeks to prohibit from the zone.
The Houston Chronicle’s three-part series this month, The Track, explored the origins of the “nuisance” lawsuit and the range of reactions to the rare legal appro