In what may be turn out to be one of most consequential lawsuits yet filed in defense of the freedom to read, six major publishers, the Authors Guild, and several bestselling authors have teamed up with students and parents in Florida to file a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of two provisions of the state’s recently enacted H.B. 1069. The complaint argues that the vague and overbroad statute has led to the improper removal of hundreds of books from school and classroom libraries in the state. (Authors signed onto the suit include Julia Alvarez, Laurie Halse Anderson, John Green, Jodi Picoult, and Angie Thomas.)
