Friday, August 30, 2024

Major Publishers Sue Florida Over Banned School Library Books - The New York Times

Education officials have broad discretion over the books in school libraries, but the Supreme Court has said their judgment "may not be exercised in a narrowly partisan or political manner." 

The publishing companies said in the Thursday lawsuit that they "do not seek to prevent Florida school districts from ensuring that school libraries do not contain obscene books," and are not asking for the entire law to be overturned. 

But they argued that books that get removed from libraries are often described as "pornographic," while in practice, they "are not remotely obscene."…

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