Award-Winning Authors and Utah High School Students Challenge Book Ban Law in Court

Award-winning authors and Utah high school students challenge book ban law in court

As Utah adds more titles to its banned book list, three award-winning authors and two high school students are suing the state, the board of education and three school districts over what they describe as “the freedom to read.” In a lawsuit filed Tuesday with the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah, authors Elana K. Arnold, Ellen […]

Vonnegut estate and ACLU sue Utah over its ‘sensitive materials’ book law

Award-winning authors and two Utah high school students say the law that has banned 22 books in all Utah public schools violates their First Amendment rights.

‘Modern day book-burning’: Bestselling authors sue Utah officials over book bans

Joining the authors as plaintiffs are two Utah high schoolers, including one who says she sought out a book at school to help cope with her trauma only to realize it had been banned, the lawsuit states.

Wicked Novel, Basis for Musical and Film, Has Been Banned in Utah

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit in response to the book ban.

State ACLU, on Behalf of Authors and Students, Sues Utah Over Book Bans

Yesterday, the state of Utah banned three books for all public school students, bringing the total number of books banned in the state to 22. Today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah filed a lawsuit against the state on behalf of the Estate of Kurt Vonnegut, award-winning authors Elana K. Arnold, Ellen Hopkins, and Amy Reed, and two anonymous Utah public high school students. The lawsuit claims that by disregarding the literary value of…