South Carolina currently regulates both where tattoo shops can operate within the state and where artists can place tattoos on customers’ bodies. Now, both of these restrictive laws are being challenged in court. While the state has previously justified its policies as health and safety regulations, the plaintiffs in the new lawsuit are alleging that the laws violate the freedoms of speech and expression guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution. SC sued over tattoo parlor location restrictions and head, neck and face tattoo ban South Carolina state officials are being sued in the case Tiny Zaps v. Dr. Brannon Traxler over two restrictive state laws concerning tattoos. The federal lawsuit, filed in Charleston, challenges Section 44-34-11 of the South Carolina Code of Laws, which states that the SC Department of Health “must not grant or issue a license to a tattoo facility, if the place of business is within one thousand feet of a church, school, or playground.” The lawsuit was filed by...