#first ammendment

[whydidisavethistomyphone]

[littlemistit]

If you care about sex or your first amendment rights you should pay attention to the backpage trial.

[ebookporn]

Group Challenges Arkansas Law That Would Criminalize Access to Some Books

A lawsuit says the edict “forces bookstores and libraries to self-censor in a way that is antithetical to their core purposes.”

by Elizabeth A. Harris and Alexandra Alter

A new state law in Arkansas that could send librarians and booksellers to prison was challenged on Friday in a federal lawsuit filed by libraries, independent bookstores and publishers who said the legislation was unconstitutional.

The suit comes as states and counties around the country are increasingly restricting the availability of certain kinds of books, and as those who oppose such regulations are finding more ways to push back.

The complaint, which was filed in the United States District Court for the western District of Arkansas, said the law “forces bookstores and libraries to self-censor in a way that is antithetical to their core purposes.”

The Arkansas law, which is scheduled to go into effect in August, requires any material that might be “harmful” to minors, including books, magazines and movies, to be shelved in a separate, “adults only” area.

Adam Webb, the executive director of the Garland County Library in Hot Springs, Ark., said on Friday that the law puts librarians in an impossible situation.

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[originalusername3000]

The government will make our rights, then they just… DECIDE that they regret the decision and take away our rights.

[kp777]

NYTimes: Supreme Court Puts First Amendment Limits on Laws Banning Online Threats

[kelcipher]

[wren-der]

“Public spaces are public spaces. Public spaces are not private spaces. Public spaces are not majority spaces,” U.S. District Judge David Nuffer wrote in a Friday ruling granting the preliminary injunction requested by the group. “The First Amendment of the United States Constitution ensures that all citizens, popular or not, majority or minority, conventional or unconventional, have access to public spaces for public expression.”

[liberty1776]

This act attacks free speech and religious freedom. It is also an attack on the Christian Church and the Bible

[falloutnewnobody]

ik that bathesda is the deadest horse around but at this point but i feel like the absurdity of the fo4 update situation needs to be expressed. like someone at bathesda was like "hm a lot of people are buying and revisiting the games bc of the show. you know what we can do to make them like the game more? release an update that brings back the enclave in the worst written, most contrived way possible where they act so ooc that you may as well have made up a new faction all together! also make sure that it makes the game significantly buggier and breaks almost every mod. you know, since the modding community isnt one of the biggest reasons people play bathesda games. Hell, it's not like mods have been doing a better job at everything this update set out to do for years now without entirely breaking every fo4 mod made ever.

.When should we release it? two days before the launch of one of the most hyped fallout modding projects ever that's been in development for 5 years, making that project cancelled into the void forver. also add Halloween decorations that are admittedly kinda sick,"

[citizenscreen]

Members of the Committee for the First Amendment to the Constitution, composed of Hollywood actors and other professionals, arrive in Washington, D.C. October 27, 1947 to oppose HUAC hearings on communist influence in Hollywood.

[chez-cinnamon]

will fionn ever get himself a love interest? It would be freaking hilarious if he did. I can imagine the puppet shenanigans already.

I like to think he did have a secret boyfriend during his time working at Playfellow, but after the events that lead to Welcome Home's pull from the air and the company's disappearance, they likely broke up and left on a bitter note,,

Fionn seems like the type to be the "bitter ex boyfriend" bgbghbghfd and yeah the puppets would tease the living daylights out of him!

[fairweathermyth]

Oh, how you loved me like a sinner. How tall my leaving reasons grew. I could not stand, I had no center. I was just paper being moved. - "Move" by Thao Nguyen

[ebookporn]

House approves bill targeting publishers for sending schools sexually explicit books

A Tennessee bill that would open book publishers and distributors to criminal prosecution for sending obscene materials to public schools is headed to Gov. Bill Lee.

by Vivian Jones

The Tennessee House of Representatives approved Senate Bill 1059 in a 71-22 vote. It already passed the Senate last week, and now heads to Lee’s desk. 

Sponsored by Rep. Susan Lynn, R-Mt. Juliet, and Sen. Joey Hensley, R-Hohenwald, the bill would empower local district attorneys and the Tennessee Attorney General to criminally charge and prosecute book publishers who knowingly distribute materials that violate state obscenity law to public schools and school districts. 

Book publishers and distributors could face felony charges and fines of up to $100,000 per violation, if the bill is signed into law. 

“This is only for books being sent to the school,” Lynn told The Tennessean. “Certainly, if there are any sexually explicit books in teacher’s classrooms or in school libraries, they need to come out. You can’t give sexually explicit books to minors.” 

The Tennessee Association of School Librarians opposed the bill. TASL’s Legislative Committee noted that the bill could impact book publishers and distributors’ willingness to work with school districts in Tennessee, adding that it “creates unnecessary bureaucracy, limits students’ access to books, and leaves us with lots of questions.” 

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[lavendorii]

shoutout to the guy on fox news for arguing trump's indictment is a godless act by the alphabet mafia trying to destroy christian values

[originalusername3000]

Today we see if kosa passes…

[blackbackedjackal]

SAVE A FOX GET A DOG IS SO FUCKING CLEVER HOLY SHIT... like yeah it's shade but also if someone just saw it out of context it could still make sense. genius idea

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