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The First Amendment protects the right to access information鈥攊ncluding students鈥� right to access information through school library shelves. Indeed, as the Supreme Court held forty years ago, the school library is 鈥渢he principal locus鈥� of students鈥� freedom 鈥渢o inquire, to study and to evaluate, to gain new maturity and understanding.鈥� Bd. of Educ., Island Trees Union Free Sch. Dist. No. 26 v. Pico, 457 U.S. 853, 869 (1982) (plurality). Nevertheless, school-board officials, lawmakers, and others across the country have recently to ban books鈥攅specially those that engage with themes at the intersection of gender, sexuality, and race鈥攆rom circulation in school and public libraries.

The plaintiffs in this case were two students in Wentzville schools, as well as the state and local subdivisions of the NAACP. The lawsuit alleged that the Wentzville district violated students鈥� First Amendment right to access information by engaging in viewpoint-based removal of books. In addition, the lawsuit challenged the district鈥檚 policies, including those that require the automatic removal of any book once it is challenged by a parent, student, or guardian. The books that the School District banned pursuant to its policies included The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison; Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic Paperback, by Alison Bechdel; Heavy: An American Memoir, by Kiese Laymon; Lawn Boy, by Jonathan Evison; All Boys Aren鈥檛 Blue, by George M. Johnson; Gabi, a Girl in Pieces, by Isabel Quintero; Modern Romance, by Aziz Ansari and Eric Klinenberg; and Invisible Girl, by Lisa Jewell. All these books, which have received critical acclaim, engage with themes at the intersection of gender, sexuality, and race.

After the 老澳门开奖结果 sued, all but one of the books were returned to school library shelves. The court denied Plaintiffs鈥� request for preliminary relief on August 5, 2022 and in February 2023, Plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed the case.