The Denver Post: The Elizabeth School District has yet to return 19 books that a federal judge last month ordered be put back on library shelves as district leaders appeal the ruling — and despite a law firm’s unsolicited donation of the titles in question.

The order followed a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado and others against the Elbert County school district after officials removed the 19 books, saying they contained “highly sensitive” material. The lawsuit alleged the books’ removal violated free speech protections.

U.S. District Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney issued a preliminary injunction stating the books needed to be returned to school libraries and prohibiting the school board from removing books “because the district disagrees with the views expressed therein or merely to further their preferred political or religious orthodoxy.”

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