Federal appeals court rules Albuquerque public library must allow sex offenders

The 10th Circuit Appellate Court upheld a lower court decision that Albuquerque’s ban on registered sex offenders in public libraries violates the First Amendment.

The court ruled that the ban was too restrictive and did not allow alternative means for sex offenders to gain access to the library’s information and ideas. -db

From the First Amendment Center, January 26, 2012,by David L. Hudson Jr.

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