FIREfiled a friend-of-the-court brief with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the plaintiffs in Little v. Llano County, a First Amendment suit challenging ideologically driven book removals from Llano Public Library.
Florida Senate Bill 1316 would require anyone other than a newspaper journalist who writes online about Florida’s government leaders to register with the state if they receive any “compensation” for the post.
A proposed rule in Missouri would restrict public libraries from using state funds to purchase books that discuss sex and would allow "any person" to challenge those materials.
Book bans seek to enlist the power of the state to dictate what each of us and our families may or may not read and are sharply at odds with the First Amendment.
