A federal judge in Arkansas temporarily blocked a state law that would have made it a crime for librarians and booksellers to give minors materials deemed “harmful” to them — a move celebrated by free-speech advocates.
,” a novel about an American society run by authorities who burn books to control people’s access to information and knowledge. “There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches,” the judge wrote, citing the author, Ray Bradbury.
The suit challenging Act 372 named Arkansas’ 28 elected prosecuting attorneys, as well as the western county ofcounty judge, Chris Keith, as defendants, contending that they would be responsible for enforcing the law.The lawsuit names Crawford County as a case study in how the law could be used to curtail constitutionally protected rights to access certain materials. The county has since last year been gripped by aover the placement of LGBTQ+ children’s books inside library branches.
Plaintiffs in the suit included Hayden Kirby, a 17-year-old high school student and resident of Little Rock who frequents the Central Arkansas Library System, another plaintiff. In a“I want to fight for our rights to intellectual freedom and ensure that libraries remain spaces where young Arkansans can explore diverse perspectives,” she added.
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