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A federal judge ruled part of Florida's HB 1069, which restricts books depicting sexual conduct, unconstitutional.

Governor DeSantis plans to appeal the ruling, believing the state will be vindicated.

The judge's ruling supports a lawsuit by publishers, authors, and parents, while the state considers it a "bad decision."

says he anticipates his administration will be "vindicated" in an appeal to a calling part of the law used to take classic and modern books away from unconstitutional.

At a Aug. 19 press conference in St. Cloud, DeSantis said the state plans to appeal U.S. District Judge Carlos Mendoza's ruling.

Mendoza, of the Middle District of Florida, struck down a portion of the week prior, which prevents books that "describe sexual conduct" from being in pub

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