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New Arkansas Law Forcing Librarians To Restrict Access To Books “Harmful to Minors” Draws Constitutional Challenge

From Bloomberg Law: 

A new Arkansas law that exposes librarians to criminal liability for making books deemed “harmful to minors” available to them drew a constitutional challenge Friday from public library systems, their patrons, bookstores, and free speech groups who say the measure violates their First Amendment rights.

Read more here.

Read Act 372 of 2023 here.

More about the act and opposition to it here.

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