US EditionJudge Says Pentagon Book Ban at U.S. Military Schools Unconstitutional
Judge rules Pentagon violated First Amendment by removing nearly 600 books on race, gender, and identity from military schools, ordering immediate restoration of materials.
- On Oct. 20, U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles granted a preliminary injunction ordering the Pentagon to restore nearly 600 books and reinstate lessons at the five schools attended by the plaintiffs.
- Earlier this year, President Donald Trump issued executive orders directing agencies to remove materials promoting 'gender ideology' and 'discriminatory equity ideology,' and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's memoranda barred instruction on CRT, DEI, and identity months, prompting DoDEA to quarantine and remove books and lessons.
- Court filings show the removals encompassed the nearly 600 books covering race, gender, slavery, Native American history, women’s history and LGBTQ identities, disrupted curricula and events, and at least one student, L.K.3, was reprimanded for seeking banned books.
- Legal advocates described Oct. 20's decision as an important victory that requires restoration during the case, ensuring students keep access while litigation proceeds and may affect all federally funded or state-run schools.
- The court rejected the Pentagon's 'government speech' defense, found DoDEA's removals likely motivated by viewpoint discrimination, criticized the opaque process, and ordered disclosure of the published list of nearly 600 books.
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The Virginian Pilot
arcamax.comMilitary must put banned books back on base school shelves, judge rules
A federal judge ruled Monday that books banned from military schools need to go back on the shelves. U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles granted a preliminary injunction in favor of students from five schools on military bases around the world. The injunction and broader lawsuit, filed in the spring in Virginia’s Eastern District, challenged the removal of books designated by the Trump administration as “divisive equity ideology” under e…
scdailygazette.com
Hoptown ChronicleBooks removed from military-base schools in KY and beyond must be returned, says judge
The First Amendment rights of students at Department of Defense schools were being violated by removal of library books about Black history, alleged the American Civil Liberties Union in a lawsuit against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and others. (Catherine McQueen/Getty Images))Six months after 12 families, including Kentuckians, sued the federal government over library book removals at Fort Campbell and other Department of Defense schools, a …
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