The Brief

A federal judge ruled 2023's READER Act unconstitutional.

The law would have required booksellers and publishers to rate their books based on sexual content and references.

The guidelines for ratings would have been determined by the Texas State Library and Archives with oversight from the Texas Education Agency, who would have had the power to overrule the ratings.

A Texas law that would require booksellers and publishers to rate their books based on sexual content and references was declared unconstitutional in federal court.

The court's decision upholds and makes permanent an earlier decision from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals blocking House Bill 900, or the READER Act that was passed in 2023.

What they're saying:

Judge Alan Albright, in his ruling Tuesday, said

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