Groups critical of restrictive library policies at the Autauga-Prattville Public Library in Alabama filed suit against the library, alleging the policies violate the First and Fourteenth amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
The lawsuit was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama on behalf of Read Freely Alabama, an organization that has challenged restrictions; the Alabama Library Association; and individuals and children who use the Autauga-Prattville Public Library.
The lawsuit challenges policies that a newly-installed board of trustees overseeing the library approved in February. The plaintiffs are challenging the “selection criteria” of the policy board members adopted, and they request the court grant a permanent injunction enjoining the library from enforcing that section of the library board policies.
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“They are overbroad,” the complaint says. “They discriminate on the basis of content. And they are vague.”