A federal judge temporarily blocked portions of an Arkansas law that would have made it a crime for librarians and bookstores to provide minors with materials deemed harmful to them . Providing banned materials under the law to a minor would be a Class A misdemeanor and punishable by up to a year of jail or a fine . The law known as Act would have taken effect Tuesday but will now remain blocked while the case plays out . The plaintiffs argued that the law could make way for the removal of libraries youngadult and general collections with sexual content . The American Library Association said in a report earlier this year that there were demands to censor library books and resources across the country in marking the highest number of attempted book bans since the association began compiling the data more than years ago . PEN America found book bans rose during the first half of the school year in large part due to state laws in Texas and South Carolina . Last month President Joe Biden announced he plans to appoint a new federal coordinator to address the increase in book bans across different states . The ruling is subject to appeal to the law . The ACLU has called for a new book bans to be issued by the association to address book bans before Pride Month event in May . A new law signed in Texas last month was decried banning books is patently offensive by opponents as potentially to childrens education. A new book ban is being decried as patently illegal by opponents by opponents . A book ban was decrying by opponents. A book bans in Texas in Texas. The American library association. In Texas last week. The ACLU said in . Texas last year. The law was decries banning books that are patently inappropriate. It is also decried by opponents to remove books that contain sexual content that was
Judge blocks Arkansas law criminalizing libraries and bookstores for providing ‘harmful’ books
