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The Fatal Flaw In Efforts To Restrict 'Inappropriate' Library Materials
Document Type
Editorial
Publication Date
2023
Publication Title
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Abstract
Missouri’s government is considering a sweeping new regulation of public libraries. The proposed rule would defund any library that failed to adopt various policies asserted to protect children from “inappropriate” material. Whatever one thinks about the proposed rule’s policy aims, it has a fatal legal problem: It would violate the First Amendment.
Keywords
Missouri, First Amendment, Library, Libraries
Publication Citation
Gregory P. Magarian, The Fatal Flaw In Efforts To Restrict “Inappropriate” Library Materials, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, (Jan. 18, 2023), https://www.stltoday.com/print/editorial/magarian-the-fatal-flaw-in-efforts-to-restrict-inappropriate-library-materials/article_2e735687-889f-5a29-bd91-896461ee12e1.html
Repository Citation
Magarian, Gregory P., "The Fatal Flaw In Efforts To Restrict 'Inappropriate' Library Materials" (2023). Scholarship@WashULaw. 52.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_scholarship/52