Iowa can not, for now, proceed to implement a part of its e-book ban legislation, a federal choose stated Tuesday, giving main publishers that sued the state the second short-term reprieve they requested.
The brand new determination from U.S. District Choose Stephen Locher once more briefly blocked the a part of the legislation that prohibits faculty libraries and lecture rooms from carrying books that depict intercourse acts.
The legislation was first authorised by Iowa’s Republican-led Legislature and GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds in 2023, however key components, together with the e-book ban, had been briefly blocked by Locher earlier than they turned enforceable. That call was overturned in August by the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court docket of Appeals, that means the legislation has been enforceable throughout the present faculty 12 months.
