FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing “harmful ...

The law, which threatened imprisonment if librarians or booksellers provided “harmful” content to minors, violates the First Amendment, a federal judge ruled.

A federal judge struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing "harmful" materials to minors.

Arkansas joined 19 other states in asking a federal appeals court to reinstate an Iowa law barring school libraries from ...

A federal judge on Monday struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing “harmful” materials to minors.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks ruled that two parts of the law, stating booksellers’ and patrons’ First Amendment rights, used overly broad and vague language. In 2023, Gov. Sarah Huckabee ...

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

A federal judge has blocked an Arkansas law requiring age verification on social media, citing First Amendment rights.

A federal judge has struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing so-called “harmful” materials to minors.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks ruled that two parts of Arkansas Act 372 -- which Republican Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed in 2023 -- are overly broad and vague, and violated ...

A federal judge has struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing so-called "harmful" materials to minors.