A county in Texas may close its public library system after a federal judge ruled a children’s book ban unconstitutional.
The Llano County commissioners are set to meet Thursday to decide the future of the system. Library supporters are expected to put up a fight at the meeting.
The text read in part, “If we lose the injunction, he will CLOSE the library because he WILL NOT put the porn back in the kid’s section!” Ms. Wallace was referring to Llano County Judge Ron Cunningham. Last week, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Pitman ruled that the library commission violated the residents’ First and 14th Amendment rights by removing the books without notice or ability to appeal. In his ruling, he ordered the commission to return the books.
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