Judge Rejects Indiana Law to Register and Fine Bookstores A controversial Indiana law, requiring bookstores and other sellers to register with the state and pay a fee in order to sell sexually explicit materials, was rejected by a Federal judge yesterday (the day the law was supposed to take effect). As had been argued by bookstores and their advocates along with the AAP and ACLU and others, Judge Sarah Evans Barker said the law was too broad and could be applied to “unquestionably lawful, nonobscene, nonpornographic materials being sold to adults.… Clearly, a vast array of merchants and materials is […]
