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2nd Lawsuit against book ban. Penguin Random Housefiled a lawsuit Thursday challenging SF 496
A second lawsuit against portions of an education law passed by Iowa Republicans and signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds just dropped this week. Penguin Random House, a major US book publisher, filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging SF 496 for banning some of the publishers’ books from Iowa schools.
Joining the lawsuit were the Iowa State Education Association (ISEA), an Iowa high school student, two Iowa middle school teachers, an Iowa K-12 librarian, and bestselling young adult authors Laurie Halse Anderson, John Green, Jodi Picoult, and Malinda Lo.
What’s in this lawsuit?
The lawsuit asserts SF 496 violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the US Constitution because:
...https://iowastartingline.com/2023/11/30/book-publisher-iowans-suing-state-over-book-bans/
Joining the lawsuit were the Iowa State Education Association (ISEA), an Iowa high school student, two Iowa middle school teachers, an Iowa K-12 librarian, and bestselling young adult authors Laurie Halse Anderson, John Green, Jodi Picoult, and Malinda Lo.
What’s in this lawsuit?
The lawsuit asserts SF 496 violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the US Constitution because:
- it restricts access to constitutionally protected books based on their content,
- discriminates against LGBTQ+ viewpoints and authors,
- and the language in the law is “unconstitutionally vague.”
...https://iowastartingline.com/2023/11/30/book-publisher-iowans-suing-state-over-book-bans/