- 3,706
- Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
Of course it’s Alabama.
In a victory for the freedom to read, a federal judge in Austin, Tex., has found that a library board in Llano County likely infringed the constitutional rights of readers in the community by unilaterally removing books it deemed inappropriate. The judge has issued a preliminary injunction requiring that the banned books be immediately returned to the shelves and blocking the library from removing any other books while the case continues.
In his 26-page decision, judge Robert Pitman denied Llano County’s motion to have the case dismissed on a standing issue, finding that the plaintiffs—a group of local library patrons—have “alleged sufficient facts to show they are suffering an actual, ongoing injury.” And in granting the plaintiffs’ request for injunctive relief, Pitman held that the plaintiffs “have made a clear showing that they are likely to succeed on their viewpoint discrimination claim.”
Expect an appeal to the Supreme Court.![]()
Judge Finds Texas Library's Book Bans Unconstitutional, Orders Books Returned
In a victory for freedom to read advocates, federal judge Robert Pitman found that Llano County's targeting and removal of a host of allegedly inappropriate books from library shelves constituted viewpoint and content discrimination.www.publishersweekly.com
First to the Fifth Circuit, which is much more fraught.Expect an appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Judge Finds Texas Library's Book Bans Unconstitutional, Orders Books Returned
In a victory for freedom to read advocates, federal judge Robert Pitman found that Llano County's targeting and removal of a host of allegedly inappropriate books from library shelves constituted viewpoint and content discrimination.www.publishersweekly.com
WaPoThe majority of the 1,000-plus book challenges analyzed by The Post were filed by just 11 people.
Each of these people brought 10 or more challenges against books in their school district; one man filed 92 challenges. Together, these serial filers constituted 6 percent of all book challengers — but were responsible for 60 percent of all filings.
The official quote is “describe or depict in a way that is likely to cause offence to a reasonable adult, a person who is, or appears to be, a child under 18”.
Australia gets very ban happy, especially if it's not from something that funds the government well. Also doesn't help Australia one of the few non-third world countries that refuses to make a Bill of Rights allowing them to get away with obscure reasons to ban anything.
In Australia books are initially unclassified by default and are able to sold that way until the Government determines it needs to be looked into and if they decide to, the books are unable to be sold until classification is met and all of No Game No Life volumes have to be Classified separately. Volumes 1, 2 and 9 aren't so lucky and ended up banned. The attention came when Australia decided to track down hard on adult anime for how they depict children and No Game No Life Light Novel ended up being affected but somehow not the Anime
I've only ever seen the Anime adaptation once and I didn't like the show so I never delved into the franchise further to confirm the Light Novels actual contents.
Conservatives: "Give us Heckler's Veto!"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday held a news conference in Lake Nona to defend recently-enacted state laws mandating district K-12 schools develop and follow an approval process for contested reading material, what’s since seen scores of books pulled from school shelves for review temporarily or otherwise.
Beyond this, the governor previewed proposed legislation meant to punish “activists” who he says are now flooding these processes by submitting books such as dictionaries and the Bible for review in acts of “frivolous objection.”
So, they'll decide which information can be spread and which can't, based on whose beliefs it aligns with? And if another point of view is presented, suddenly it's not allowed to be voiced? What's the point of striving for a well-rounded education and studying facts if it's just to regurgitate the "correct" opinion of the moment? Why bother developing critical thinking skills? Is the idea then to immediately conform to the constantly changing "right opinion", rewriting history along the way? Essentially, they're disregarding the First Amendment, freedom of speech, and so on, simply because they feel like it. If I want to write a book, should it also have to pass through their censorship? And who gets to decide what forms of self-expression are acceptable? It seems like this is veering towards some form of totalitarianism. Will we soon need permission to have our own opinions, or will there be some kind of "Ministry of Love" to ensure not just speech but also thoughts are in line?![]()
Florida seeks to fine ‘activists’ amid what DeSantis calls ‘curating,’ not book bans, in schools
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday defended recently-enacted state laws mandating district K-12 schools develop and follow an approval process for contested reading material, what’s since seen scores of books pulled from school shelves for review temporarily or otherwise.www.clickorlando.com
Conservatives: "Give us Heckler's Veto!"
Also conservatives: "NOT LIKE THAT!!!"
Mental illness.
Yes, some students don’t really want to read books or spend their time on it, they’re simply not interested. They don’t want to do schoolwork, they just want to say do my homework and get results quickly. Okay, it happens, it’s normal, they use https://ca.edubirdie.com/do-my-homework-for-me and are happy that the problem is solved. But there are those who like to read, those who read a lot, those who enjoy it. Should we stop letting them into libraries? Ban everyone, that’s the solution now.