Monday, September 02, 2024

ANNALS OF DeSANTISTAN: Major Publishers Sue Florida Over Banned School Library Books (NY Times, WaPo, Authors' League, PACER.gov)

Update: On NPR Labor Day morning, September 2, 2024.  Watch this page. The landmark Penguin Random House v. Gibson case is currently assigned to the Honorable Carlos Eduardo Mendoza, a United States District Court Judge in Orlando. You may recall that Judge Mendoza was once the Assistant City Attorney for the City of St. Augustine, who was most noted for his ungracious defense of alleged First Amendment violations by the City of St. Augustine, directed against our buskers, artists and musicians on St. George Street.  You may recall that obstructionist U.S. Senate Republicans filibustered and delayed President Barack Obama's nomination of Judge Carlos Eduardo Mendoza's as U.S. District Court Judge. Our former St. Johns County Congressman, snarly Gov. RONALD DION DeSANTIS, is not currently named as a defendant in the Penguin Random House v. Gibson case. 

Updated to include August 31, 2024 article from The Washington Post:

From The New York Times: 

Major Publishers Sue Florida Over Banned School Library Books

A state law limits sexual content in school libraries. But several publishing companies say it has led to a “regime of strict censorship” in school districts.

A young person with long hair and a black backpack looks at books on shelves at the end of a library aisle.
A Florida law allows parents or county residents to flag books with what they view as inappropriate sexual content.Credit...Joe Raedle/Getty Images

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1 comment:

  1. Lenny6:06 PM

    Republicans.. they claim to be the party of freedom and liberty then go around banning things they don't like and passing harsh laws. What's next? Bible in school and the chopping off of hands for theft?

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