Central Arkansas Library System reacts to federal judge blocking state censorship law
Earlier this week, a federal judge ruled in favor of Arkansas libraries suing the state over a 2023 law created to limit access by minors to sexually explicit m ...
Arkansas law punishing librarians overturned by judge over first amendment concerns
Holly Dickson, the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas, said the law “was an attempt to ...
Judge rules Arkansas law threatening librarians with jail unconstitutional
The law, which threatened imprisonment if librarians or booksellers provided ‘harmful’ content to minors, violates the First ...
Judge blocks key provisions of Arkansas law allowing criminal charges against librarians, booksellers
Two key provisions of Act 372, a law which would allow criminal charges to be pressed against librarians and other book ...
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Obama-Appointed Judge Strikes Down Red State Law Against Providing ‘Harmful’ Sexual Content To Minors
A federal judge ruled Monday that an Arkansas law allowing for the prosecution of librarians and booksellers who distribute ...
Judge Strikes Down Portions of Arkansas Law That Threatened Librarians
Republicans passed the law in 2023, joining other conservative states and counties that have sought to restrict the ...
Judge rules Arkansas law allowing criminal charges against librarians is unconstitutional
A federal judge struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and ...
Federal judicial ruling overturns parts of Arkansas library obscenity law
A federal judge overturned two key provisions of an Arkansas law meant to restrict what librarians could provide.
Judge Voids Arkansas Law Criminalizing Booksellers and Librarians Providing “Harmful” Books to Minors
Here in the United States, a federal judge struck down key portions of an Arkansas state law that would have allowed prosecutors to bring criminal charges against booksellers or librarians for ...