Update On March 20, 2025, Judge Robert Summerhays issued a ruling on the Motion for Summary Judgement based on the notion of qualified immunity filed by Robert Judge in our ongoing First Amendment lawsuit against him. In a 25-page memorandum, including 140 footnotes, Judge Summerhays lays out, step by step, why Judge failed to prove […]
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Since the first books were challenged at LPL by Michael Lunsford in 2021, book and materials challenges have exploded across Louisiana, primarily due to his relentless campaign to restrict the rights of families to make their own choices about reading materials. Strangely, however, Lafayette, despite being the epicenter of the book banning movement, has not
Are the Director and Board Illegally Censoring Books at the Lafayette Public Library? Read More »
LPL Board of Control Regular August Monthly Meeting 16 October 2023 Agenda HERE Proposed Changes to Exam Proctoring Policy Here Minutes HERE MEETING AUDIO HERE Agenda Items There are several items of interest on this month’s board agenda. First up are changes to the exam proctoring policy. Last year the board voted to end
Citizens File Suit Against Robert Judge and Lafayette Consolidated Government On Tuesday, March 7, LCAC co-founders Lynette Mejía and Melanie Brevis filed suit against Robert Judge and Lafayette Consolidated Government for infringing on their right to Free Speech under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The suit is based on two things. First
LPL Board of Control Monthly Meeting 15 February 2023 MEETING AGENDA MEETING AUDIO HERE PROPOSED LIBRARY CARD CHANGES MEETING MINUTES On the one hand, I’m incredibly proud of the community members who show up month after month to protest the destruction of our library at the hands of Robert Judge and his cronies on the LPL
LPL Board of Control Monthly Meeting 09 January 2023 MEETING AGENDA MEETING AUDIO HERE ACCESS OUR VIDEO COVERAGE OF MELANIE’S COMMENTS Shock and Outrage It was supposed to be a quiet meeting. The agenda had only the usual items for a library board meeting; the stuff which should be the only things the board talks about every month- the
January 2023: The Removal of Melanie Brevis Read More »