ALGOP pushing for bill to allow jailing of librarians | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
There has been a longstanding exemption in Alabama’s Anti-Obscenity Enforcement Act for libraries and their agents pursuing “legitimate educational purposes.” The Alabama Republican Party voted Saturday to encourage the Legislature to repeal that code section, which would allow for librarians to face criminal charges for a purported violation of the code. APR reached out to […]
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders Appoints Homophobe to Library Board
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s latest appointee to the State Library Board is a far-right activist who has claimed “activist teachers … are pushing homosexual pornography on minor children” and wants to defund public libraries that are challenging state censorship. Jason Rapert is a former state senator who ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor last year. […]
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Arkansas District Drops Library’s Digital Learning Tools, Citing Lack of ‘Filter’ – The 74
Support The 74’s year-end campaign. Make a tax-exempt donation now. More than 11,000 Pulaski County students are unable to access online educational materials through their local public library as a legal precaution, according to school district administrators, in light of the statewide debate over what content children should be able to access in libraries. The […]
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Federal Judge Blocks Arkansas Law Targeting Books & Librarians
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A federal judge in Arkansas temporarily stopped a new law in the state that would have authorized criminal prosecution of librarians and bookstores who provide juveniles with “harmful” materials, the Associated Press reports. Judge Timothy L. Brooks enjoined the law, which would have constructed a new process for contesting library materials for relocation to locations […]
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Federal Judge Blocks Parts of Arkansas ‘Harmful to Minors’ Law
In a highly anticipated ruling on July 29, a federal judge temporarily blocked two key provisions of a recently passed Arkansas law that would have exposed librarians and booksellers to criminal liability for making allegedly inappropriate or “harmful” books accessible to minors in the state. Known as Act 372, the law was signed by Governor […]
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Libraries And Publishers File Suit Over Arkansas’ ‘Unconstitutional’ Book Restrictions
A group of libraries, bookstores and publishers filed a federal lawsuit Friday to challenge an Arkansas law restricting books for children and punishing librarians who violate the rule, alleging that it is “unconstitutional.” Senate Bill 81, which was signed into law on March 31 by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) and goes into effect in August, will […]
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