5th Circuit Ruling Denies Texas Library Patrons First Amendment Right

Jonathan Lange: The Library Exception Stymies Local Control. It’s Time to Repeal It.

Columnist Jonathan Lange writes, "Bizarrely, the very laws that are meant to protect the innocence of children can be prosecuted against parents, grandparents, and your average man on the street. But they cannot be applied to the people who have the greatest access to your children outside the home — teachers and librarians."

Appeals court rules libraries have right to 'government speech', can remove books based on content

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that libraries can take books off shelves based on their content, reversing a district court's decision in a case involving the Llano County Library. KXAN reached out to the parties in the case, and will update this story if we receive responses. Katherine P. Chiarello, an attorney for the plaintiffs, told KXAN in an email that their team is considering its next steps. "It is very d…

Appeals court allows Texas library to remove books that triggered sex, race concerns

A federal appeals court reversed itself Friday and said a Texas county public library was on firm legal footing when it took 17 books off its shelves amid concerns about racial or sexual content.

Appeals court rules Texas library can remove books based on content

A federal appeals court ruled that public library patrons in Llano County, Texas, cannot challenge the removal of books and do not have a First Amendment right to information from a public library.

Fifth Circuit: Public Libraries May Select or Remove Books Based on Viewpoint

From today's majority en banc opinion by Judge Kyle Duncan in Little v. Llano County; I hope to blog more about the case, including the dissents, later

5th Circuit ruling denies Texas library patrons First Amendment right

Seventeen books addressing racism and transgender topics were removed from Llano County libraries in 2021.