The Fifth Circuit on Library Selection and Removal Decisions and First Amendment Rights of Listeners

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The Fifth Circuit on Library Selection and Removal Decisions and First Amendment Rights of Listeners

reason.com/volokh/2025/05/23/the-fifth-circuit-on-library-selection-and-removal-decisions-and-first-amendment-rights-of-listeners

The primary argument supporting a claimed First Amendment prohibition on public libraries' excluding books based on viewpoint was the First Amendment right of listeners. The majority in today's Little v. Llano County en banc decision held that this right doesn't give people an…

This story appeared on reason.com, 2025-05-23 19:06:30.