Tour guides in historic Philadelphia are fighting taking a test to get a license.
They want a U.S. appeals court to decide if they should be required to pass a history test.
But judges hearing arguments Tuesday believe the free-speech case may be premature. That's because city budget cuts have stalled any efforts to enforce the 2008 law.
Three tour guides are challenging the law on grounds the city can't restrict legal speech -- no matter how inaccurate.
The law stems from complaints that guides were spinning twisted yarns about the city's historic area.
The three-judge appeals panel sitting in Philadelphia did not indicate when it would rule.
Washington, New Orleans and several other cities test and license their tour guides.
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