The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of 12 students from six families who attend schools as children of active duty service members, the ACLU said on Tuesday.
The lawsuit argues that students‘ First Amendment rights were harmed by what the ACLU called the “censorship of materials about race and gender in military-run schools.” The U.S. Constitution's First Amendment protects free speech.
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Rights advocates have condemned Trump, saying the measures he is removing were aimed at addressing systemic barriers for marginalized groups. Trump's supporters say those measures were against merit and discriminated against groups like white people and men.
Even before Republican Trump took office, free speech group PEN America said books were “under profound attack,“ noting over 10,000 book bans in U.S. public schools in the 2023-24 school year. In recent years, laws passed in Republican-controlled states have restricted some books.
PEN America says books being targeted the most are by authors of color, LGBTQ+ writers and women, and deal with topics about racism, sexuality, gender and history. Supporters of the restrictions say the step curtails age-inappropriate content.
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