Appeals Court Upholds Block of TX Law Requiring Ratings for School Library Books

“This is a good day for bookstores, readers, and free expression,” plaintiffs said in a joint statement.

A federal appeals court has affirmed a lower court’s ruling that a Texas law requiring that booksellers give ratings to their books before selling them to school libraries is unconstitutional. House Bill 900, titled the “Restricting Explicit and Adult-Designated Educational Resources Act” (READER), was signed into law in June 2023. During a signing ceremony of the law, Republican Gov.

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