A Texas public library must reshelve eight books, including LGBTQ+, sex ed, and racism topics, it removed from circulation, after a ruling by a hotly divided federal appeals court panel.
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, known for its slate of conservative justices, on Thursday found the First Amendment rights of public library patrons limits which books libraries are allowed to remove based on objections to the book’s content.
The court modified, but largely upheld, a preliminary injunction granted in March 2023 by Judge Robert Pitman of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas, ...
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