Monday, June 10, 2024

Appeals court tells Texas it cannot ban books for mentioning ‘butt and fart’

In its decision, the appellate court declared that "government actors may not remove books from a public library with the intent to deprive patrons of access to ideas with which they disagree". 

It added: "This court has declared that officials may not 'remove books from school library shelves simply because they dislike the idea contained in those books and seek by their removal to prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion or other matters of opinion.'"…

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