Court Blocks Texas' Sexual Explicitness Book Rating Law

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit blocked the state of Texas from enforcing Texas law HB900 (House Bill 900, also known as READER), an act that requires any vendor who wishes to sell books to Texas schools to provide sexual explicitness level ratings, on Wednesday.

Federal Judge Alan D. Albright of Texas declared the READER act unconstitutional in a written opinion filed on September 18.

After Texas appealed the injunction, another court issued an administrative stay so the law could go forward.