US EditionArkansas librarians sue to block new law that could jail them over explicit books
- A coalition of libraries and booksellers have filed a federal lawsuit challenging an Arkansas law that subjects their personnel to criminal charges if they provide "harmful" materials to minors, which takes effect on August 1.
- The new law also creates a process to challenge library materials and request that they be relocated to areas not accessible by children.
- Lawmakers in conservative states have been pushing for measures to make it easier to ban or restrict access to books, with the number of attempts to ban or restrict books across the US being the highest in the last 20 years.
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Arkansas librarians band together in lawsuit against book ban
A student studies in a high school library near a series of encyclopedia books. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) Arkansas librarians band together in lawsuit against book ban Jenny Goldsberry June 02, 07:51 PM June 02, 07:51 PM Video Embed Librarians in Arkansas filed a lawsuit Friday against the state in an attempt to undo its recently passed book ban. Act 372 was signed into law by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders …
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Arkansas librarians, booksellers file lawsuit against latest book ban law
Story at a glance A group of Arkansas librarians, booksellers, and readers filed a lawsuit Friday challenging a new state law restricting what materials librarians can distribute. The law would sub…
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