Major Publishers, Authors Sue Florida Over Law Banning Sexually Explicit Books From School Libraries

The lawsuit says the legislation prevents authors from engaging in protected activity under the U.S. Constitution.

Library books fill the movable stacks in the Smathers Library West at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fla., on Feb. 20, 2023. Liberty Holt for The Epoch Times

Multiple book publishers and authors are suing education officials in the state of Florida over a law passed last year that enables parents to request sexually explicit materials be removed from school libraries.

The legal challenge was filed in federal court in Orlando on Aug. 29 by Penguin Random House—the biggest publisher in the United States—along with HarperCollins Publishers, Macmillan Publishing Group, and Simon & Schuster, among others.