Judge orders Department of Defense to restore books removed from schools over 'wokeness'
Source: USA Today
Oct. 21, 2025, 12:31 p.m. ET
A federal judge in Virginia has ordered the Pentagon to restore books and curriculum that were removed from its schools following efforts by the Trump administration to weed out perceived “wokeness” from the military and education.
The American Civil Liberties Union sued the Department of Defense in April on behalf of six military families who objected to the actions taken at schools in the Department of Defense Education Activity, often referred to as DoDEA, in the weeks after President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
More than 67,000 students attend classes at DoDEA locations in the United States and 11 other countries.
U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles’ Oct. 20 ruling is only on a preliminary injunction the ACLU requested in May, meaning it is in place as litigation continues, and only applies to the five schools attended by the children involved in the lawsuit. The Department was ordered both to "immediately restore the library books and curricular materials" removed since Jan. 19 and barred from any "further removals."
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/10/21/defense-department-ordered-return-banned-books-schools/86814856007/
Link to ORDER (PDF) - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.572223/gov.uscourts.vaed.572223.59.0.pdf
REFERENCE - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143441134
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