The Brief

Siding with publishers and authors, a federal judge Wednesday ruled that a key part of a 2023 Florida law that has led to books being removed from school library shelves is "overbroad and unconstitutional."

What we know:

U.S. District Judge Carlos Mendoza issued a 50-page decision in a First Amendment lawsuit filed last year against members of the State Board of Education and the school boards in Orange and Volusia counties. He focused primarily on part of the law that seeks to prevent the availability of reading material that "describes sexual conduct."

The Orlando-based judge wrote that the law "does not evaluate the work to determine if it has any holistic value" and "does not specify what level of detail ‘describes sexual conduct.’"

What they're saying:

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