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Federal judge overturns part of Florida’s book ban law, drawing on nearly 100 years of precedent protecting First Amendment access to ideas

On Aug. 13, 2025, Judge Carlos Mendoza of the U.S. Middle District of Florida ruled in Penguin Random House v. Gibson that ...
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Barely read, heavily restricted: the data behind Beaufort County’s school library restricted section

Despite the effort it took to restrict nine books in the district last month, those titles were checked out less than 70 ...