PEN America Files Amicus Brief in Case Against Texas Law Requiring Ratings for Sexual Content on Books Sold to Public Schools
November 22, 2023
November 22, 2023
NEW YORK, Nov. 22 -- PEN America issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2023:
PEN America has filed an amicus brief in the Fifth Circuit in the case of Book People v. Wong, challenging Texas's HB 900, which requires booksellers to "rate" books sold to public schools for sexual content. The free expression and literary group argues the ratings are unconstitutional.
The brief filed on Friday argues that HB 900, enacted in June, will have a chilling effect . . .
PEN America has filed an amicus brief in the Fifth Circuit in the case of Book People v. Wong, challenging Texas's HB 900, which requires booksellers to "rate" books sold to public schools for sexual content. The free expression and literary group argues the ratings are unconstitutional.
The brief filed on Friday argues that HB 900, enacted in June, will have a chilling effect . . .