A federal judge ruled on Saturday to temporarily block portions of an Arkansas law that would subject librarians and bookstores to criminal charges for providing “harmful” materials to minors.
Act 372, signed by Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders in March, would hold librarians and book vendors criminally liable for making allegedly inappropriate books accessible to minors. 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 $2,500 fine.
