BOOK-BANNING LAW GUTTED BY APPEALS COURT

The key provisions of a law signed by Gov. Greg Abbott requiring booksellers to rate books for sexual content were gutted after the full 17-member court 5th Circuit Court of Appeals declined to reconsider an earlier decision, the San Antonio Express-News reported. The vote was 9-8 to let the earlier decision stand. A group of independent booksellers joined with book associations to challenge the…