The law, which threatened imprisonment if librarians or booksellers provided ‘harmful’ content to minors, violates the First ...

Republicans passed the law in 2023, joining other conservative states and counties that have sought to restrict the ...

Two key provisions of Act 372, a law which would allow criminal charges to be pressed against librarians and other book ...

A federal judge struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and ...

A federal judge on Monday invalidated significant portions of an Arkansas law that sought to impose criminal penalties on ...

U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks ruled that parts of the law were unconstitutional because it made librarians and booksellers "agents of censorship." ...

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 ...

U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks found that elements of the law are unconstitutional. “I respect the court’s ruling and will appeal,” Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin said in a ...

Obama-Appointed Judge Strikes Down Arkansas Law to Protect Minors from Explicit Content** In a troubling move that raises questions about the protection of children and the integrity of state laws, an ...

26, Judge Timothy Brooks said the agency must either produce or account for 500 pages to the plaintiffs — Doug Thompson and Lisa Thompson with the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette — by the ...