A federal judge on Wednesday struck down provisions of a Florida law that’s been used to remove hundreds of books from public school libraries since it was enacted in 2023.

“It’s a complete knockout. There’s not a single issue that the court did not side with the plaintiffs on,” said Dan Novack, attorney for Penguin Random House, which filed the lawsuit along with other publishers, several authors and parents, who argued the state law infringed on their First Amendment rights.

Judge Carlos Mendoza of the U.S. Middle District Court of Florida struck down part of the law (HB 1069) that made it easier to challenge books if they included any sexual content. The law prompted worried public school educators across Florida to remove from shelves classic novels, such as Anna Karenina, and pict

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