Seven residents launched a challenge in 2022 to the removal of 17 books, which included topics on race and gender. They won a reinstatement of the titles, but lost on appeal.
to hear a challenge against a small Central Texas county’s removal of 17 books from its public libraries, including some that focus on race and gender.that says the First Amendment doesn’t acknowledge a right to receive information.
It is also a major blow to the yearslong legal fight led by seven Llano County residents against what they have called a coordinated censorship campaign by the county government, amid a broaderAttorneys for the library patrons and the county didn’t immediately respond to comment requests from The Texas Tribune. PEN America, a nonprofit that tracks book bans throughout the country which filed a brief in support of the residents, blasted the rejection in“Leaving the Fifth Circuit’s ruling in place erodes the most elemental principles of free speech and allows state and local governments to exert ideological control over the people with impunity,” said Elly Brinkley, staff attorney for the group’s U.S. Free Expression Programs. “The government has no place telling people what they can and cannot read.”against the Llano County judge and other county officials, alleging that they had taken several books off the library shelves, paused new book orders and replaced the county library board members with those in favor of book bans.that former state Rep. Matt Krause, R-Fort Worth, considered objectionable. Some of the affected books include Jazz Jennings’ “Being Jazz: My Life as a Teen” and Susan Campbell Bartoletti’s “They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group.”the reinstatement of the library books in a 2023 preliminary injunction. But following an appeal, the majority of the full 5th Circuit court overturned the district court’s ruling in May. Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan, a Trump appointee, wrote inthat the right to information couldn’t be invoked to push back against a public library’s decision about which books to keep and which to remove. He also considered a library’s collection decision to be government speech. “If a disappointed patron can’t find a book in the library, he can order it online, buy it from a bookstore, or borrow it from a friend,” Duncan wrote. “All Llano County has done here is what libraries have been doing for two centuries: decide which books they want in their collections. That is what it means to be a library — to make judgments about which books are worth reading and which are not, which ideas belong on the shelves and which do not. If you doubt that, next time you visit the library ask the librarian to direct you to the Holocaust Denial Section.” Seven judges out of 17 dissented, with Judge Stephen Higginson — an Obama appointee — calling these arguments “disturbingly flippant and legally unsound.”The U.S. Supreme Court did not provide a reason for denying the residents’ petition Monday.New developments in the Fort Bend County ISD redistricting | Tonight on KPRC 2 News at 6A sunny work week ahead for HoustonFather-in-law, son-in-law killed in apparent murder-suicide in northwest HoustonTexans vs Chiefs: Game day weather forecast with KPRC 2's Daji AswadFrom a high of 70 on Sunday to a morning low of 38 on Tuesday morning—welcome to Houston!KPRC 2's Nick Mantas at Arrowhead before Texans vs. Chiefs – KPRC 2 | Dec 7Today feels perfectly seasonable, but bundle up starting tomorrow nightYour allergies should be doing good as our pollen count is super lowHouston attorney Tony Buzbee calls for new investigator in Brianna Aguilera caseOne dead after crash that led to gunfire and three attempted carjackings across HoustonTop stories in the Houston area todayMan Found Shot to Death Inside Taco Truck in North Houston | Police Search for 2 Masked SuspectsMan Found Shot to Death Inside Taco Truck in North Houston | Police Search for 2 Masked SuspectsDrivers brace for months-long I-10 lane closures near downtown HoustonInside the hours before a Texas A&M student’s fatal fall from an Austin high-rise apartmentInside the hours before a Texas A&M student’s fatal fall from an Austin high-rise apartmentEx-NASCAR driver revs up neurodivergent driving training in Houston'I hear BOOM!': Witness recounts police chase that ends in crash, shooting in HoustonSuspect exchanges gunfire with Houston police during traffic stopDecember 4th's Super 'Cold' MoonFire rips through Meyerland apartment complex, displacing about 50 residentsHouston Headlines: Houston attorney representing parents of A&M student
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