A lawsuit filed in 2022 claims First Amendment rights were violated when Llano County officials removed 12 books.
from a Llano County library have been returned. By Monday, April 3, all 12 of those books were checked out.
Katherine Chiarello, a member of the plaintiff legal team, told FOX 7 they are happy with Judge Pittman’s ruling. Those who support the county's action, like Jonathan Saenz with Texas Values, consider Pittman’s ruling an overstep. The First Amendment, according to Saenz, has some limitations acknowledged by the U.S. Supreme Court. Dealing with materials considered obscene have long been a big fight on the local level. The fight in Llano is an example of how that fight continues.
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