FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 16, 2024
“Though much of the READER Act remains intact, including the first-ever mandatory library standards adopted by the State Board of Education late last year, it’s incredibly disappointing that a majority of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with book vendors who push pornography on unsuspecting children in our public schools. The READER Act was built based on existing Supreme Court precedent. Any judge claiming the State of Texas cannot require government vendors to ensure they don’t send sexually explicit content to children in our schools just plain wrong. The Texas Attorney General should immediately appeal to the United States Supreme Court.”
“I am thankful for levelheaded judges like Chief Judge Priscilla Richman and seven others who wanted to rehear the case. Judge James C. Ho said it best in the decision’s dissent stating, “In short: Thebusiness can decline to respond, and the consumer can decline to purchase. That’s not compelled speech that’s consumer speech.”
