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WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court halted a Texas law Wednesday that bans school library books deemed “sexually explicit” on grounds it violates free speech rights.

No, said the Fifth Circuit, at least when the products were library books, and the questions were about whether the books included sexual content.

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Texas can’t enforce a law requiring book vendors who want to sell to public schools to issue sexual-content ratings for library materials, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

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From today's Fifth Circuit decision in Book People, Inc. v. Wong, written by Judge Don Willett and joined by Judges Jacques Wiener and Dana Douglas: In an…

Texas HB 900 would've required vendors to assign ratings to books based on depictions or references to sex.

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that a Texas law banning “sexually explicit” books from public schools likely violates the Constitution, partially upholding a preliminary injunction issued by a lower court. The three-judge appeals panel issued a unanimous ruling that the plaintiffs — two Texas bookstores; three national trade associations representing booksellers, publishers and authors;…

AUSTIN -- The year saw elected officials in Texas move priority bills through the Legislature and to Gov. Greg Abbotts desk.

AUSTIN — The year saw elected officials in Texas move priority bills through the Legislature and to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk.