The Denver Post: A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Elbert County’s Elizabeth School District to restore library books the district banned by next week, prohibiting the district from further restrictions on access to books that the school board objects to politically.

U.S. District Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney issued a preliminary injunction stating the banned books must be returned to school libraries by Tuesday. The order also prohibits 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.”

The injunction comes after the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado sued the school district in December for removing books from school libraries — titles largely featuring people of color or LGBTQ individuals — in an act the organization alleged violated free speech protections.

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