The defendants argued the books were removed as part of a regular “weeding” process following the library’s existing policies. That led to several books being removed from its catalog access being cut off to an e-book service that included some of the disputed titles. Seven residents had sued county officials in April 2022, claiming their First and 14th Amendment rights were violated when books deemed inappropriate by some people in the community and Republican lawmakers were removed from public libraries or access was restricted.Īccording to the lawsuit, the county commissioners kicked out the members of the library board in 2021 and replaced them with a new board that demanded review of the content of all its books. The meeting comes after federal Judge Robert Pitman on March 30 ordered the Llano County Library System – which includes three branches – to return 12 children’s books to its shelves that had been removed, many because of their LGBTQ and racial content.īooks ordered to return to shelves included “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” by Isabel Wilkerson, “They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group” by Susan Campbell Bartoletti and “Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen” by Jazz Jennings. Judge orders books removed from Texas public libraries due to LGBTQ and racial content must be returned within 24 hours attorney for the Western District of Texas, speaks during a news conference Wednesday, June 4, 2014, in Midland, Texas, about the dangers of designer drugs.
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