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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0F4761">Please pardon this cross-posting.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0F4761"> Hi, folks. I’m forwarding
an email from my supervisor, Buzzy Nielsen, but I added some article quotes in brackets. – Best, Jen (</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0F4761">Jen Maurer, School Library Consultant, State Library of Oregon,
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0C3649"><a href="mailto:jennifer.maurer@slo.oregon.gov"><span style="color:#0C3649">jennifer.maurer@slo.oregon.gov</span></a>)</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0F4761"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> Libs-Or <libs-or-bounces@omls.oregon.gov>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>NIELSEN Buzzy * SLO via Libs-Or<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 27, 2025 9:25 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> libs-or@omls.oregon.gov<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Libs-Or] Today's Supreme Court decisions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi folks,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Today the Supreme Court decided some cases that are library- and intellectual freedom-related. AP articles linked below.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif"></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-lgbtq-books-religion-maryland-schools-c0b0fb4b96531636fcb98b08aabc3cf9" title="https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-lgbtq-books-religion-maryland-schools-c0b0fb4b96531636fcb98b08aabc3cf9"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif"></span>Supreme
Court says Maryland parents can pull their kids from public school lessons using LGBTQ books</a></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">[“The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Maryland parents who have religious objections can pull their children from public school
lessons using LGBTQ storybooks…The high court ruled that the schools likely could not require elementary school children to sit through lessons involving the books if parents expressed religious objections to the material. The lack of an ‘opt-out,’ Justice
Samuel Alito wrote for the court, ‘places an unconstitutional burden on the parents’ rights to the free exercise of their religion.’ Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in dissent for the three liberal justices that exposure to different views in a multicultural
society is a critical feature of public schools…”]</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0F4761"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif"></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-telecommunications-fee-internet-phone-bill-d02052fc7c4617eb0dd4f27cac680865" title="https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-telecommunications-fee-internet-phone-bill-d02052fc7c4617eb0dd4f27cac680865"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif"></span>Supreme
Court OKs fee that subsidizes phone, internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas</a></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0F4761"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">[“The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the fee that is added to phone bills to provide billions
of dollars a year in subsidized phone and internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas. The justices, by a 6-3 vote, reversed an appeals court ruling that had struck down as unconstitutional the Universal Service Fund, the charge that has been added
to phone bills for nearly 30 years…”]</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif"></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-porn-age-verification-texas-12a73197796fe8c4bef0d888259543cf" title="https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-porn-age-verification-texas-12a73197796fe8c4bef0d888259543cf"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif"></span>Supreme
Court upholds Texas law aimed at blocking kids from seeing pornography online</a></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0F4761"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">[“The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a Texas law aimed at blocking children from seeing online
pornography. Nearly half of the states have passed similar laws requiring adult websites users verify users’ ages to access pornographic material. The laws come as smartphones and other devices make it easier to access online porn, including hardcore obscene
material…The age verification requirements fall on websites that have a certain amount of sexual material, not search engines or social-media sites that can be used to find it…”]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I’m not an attorney, so please don’t ask me to interpret!
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😂</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Seriously, though, I’m sure there will be further analysis of the effects of these decisions from folks who know what they’re talking about.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Cheers!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Buzzy Nielsen, MPP, MSI (he/him/his)
</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Program Manager for Library Support and Tribal Liaison</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">State Library of Oregon</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:buzzy.nielsen@slo.oregon.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">buzzy.nielsen@slo.oregon.gov</span></a> | 971-375-3486 (text ok)<br>
<a href="https://www.oregon.gov/library/libraries"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.oregon.gov/library/libraries</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/library/libraries"><span style="color:windowtext;mso-ligatures:none;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="323" height="42" style="width:3.3666in;height:.4416in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DBE745.69337020" alt="Logo for the Library Support & Development Services division at the State Library of Oregon"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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