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The Department of Defense must 鈥渋mmediately鈥 return some 600 books to the shelves of elementary and high school libraries on U.S. military bases, a federal judge ruled this week. Their removal followed a Trump administration executive order prohibiting material that promotes 鈥渄iscriminatory equity ideology.鈥 A motion filed by U.S. military parents with the American Civil Liberties Union in April said the decision violated the First Amendment and made students 鈥渇ear being silenced by teachers.鈥
