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Arkansas law punishing librarians overturned due to first amendment concerns

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

Judge Timothy Brooks ruled that two parts of the law used overly broad and vague language.

Arkansas lawmakers said they would appeal the decision.

The judge ruled that if the statute’s purpose was to “protect younger minors from accessing inappropriate sexual content in libraries and bookstores, the law will only achieve that end at the expense of everyone else.

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