Florida Schools’ Removal of Books With Sex Conduct Barred (Correct)

Florida school boards’ removal of books like ‘On the Road’ and ‘The Bluest Eye’ amounts to an unconstitutional interpretation of a state statute, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

Authors, book publishers, and an authors’ union sued members of the Florida School Board of Education and two Florida school boards in 2024 seeking a judgment that a 2023 statue, HB1069, allowing parents to object to content depicting sexual conduct violates the First Amendment, as well as clarification regarding the statutes definition of the word, “pornographic.”

Judge Carlos Mendoza found that Florida’s statute is unconstitutional in so far as it prohibits books ...