A federal judge has sided with six publishers, the Authors Guild, and several authors and students in their lawsuit against Florida over HB 1069, an “overbroad and unconstitutional” law which bans books that “describe sexual content” in school libraries. The law made unavailable books including Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, and titles by author plaintiffs Julia Alvarez, John Green, Laurie Halse Anderson, Jodi Picoult, and Angie Thomas. “None of these books are obscene,” writes Judge Carlos Mendoza of the U.S. Middle District Court of Florida in his decision. “The restrictions placed on these books are thus […]
