New Lawsuit Against Florida Public School Library Book Bans

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : It also argues that the First Amendment right to receive information and ideas "is violated when a school district or school board removes or restricts access to library books in a narrowly partisan or political manner, and for the purpose of denying students access to ideas with which the school district or school board disagrees" (internal quotation marks and emphasis removed).
56% : The complaint at bar alleges that the book bans constitute viewpoint discrimination under the First Amendment.
44% : Allegations include violations of the First and Fourteenth AmendmentsI just received word that the PEN American Center as well as several book authors, publishers, and parents of children attending public school in Escambia County (Florida) have filed a lawsuit related to public school library book bans.

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