How to Defeat Ellen Weaver's Book Banning Proposal

Jul 09, 2024

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State Superintendent of Education Ellen Weaver knew she would be in for a ferocious legal fight.

Last month, without Republican opposition, she pushed through her autocratic proposal to control what books and educational materials are permitted in South Carolina public schools. She kicked aside local school boards and librarians, preferring to empower…

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A guest post by

David M. Rubin

I am the former Dean of the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. I also taught Communications Law at Syracuse. I moved to the Charleston area in 2016.