A law in Arkansas that threatened librarians and booksellers if they were found to have provided “harmful” content to minors ...

The jurist, Timothy Brooks, in a case entitled Fayetteville Public Library v. Crawford County, invalidated a provision ...

Earlier this week, a federal judge ruled in favor of Arkansas libraries suing the state over a 2023 law created to limit ...

Obama-appointed Judge Timothy Brooks struck down the law stating that it is “vaguely worded” and “violates the due process rights of professional librarians and booksellers and the First ...

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed Act 372, which puts librarians -- and potentially booksellers -- in criminal ...

Portions of an Arkansas law that would have subjected librarians to criminal charges for letting kids check out books deemed ...

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

U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks found that elements of the law are unconstitutional. “I respect the court’s ruling and will appeal,” ...

A Republican-backed Arkansas law allowing criminal charges to be pressed against librarians and booksellers for providing "harmful" or "obscene" materials to minors was blocked by a federal judge ...

Judge Rules Arkansas Law Allowing Criminal Charges Against Librarians Is Unconstitutional FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would ...