“Could it have some impact on the ways that those laws are being enforced? It could. “There’s a climate of censorship setting in, and so could this action have some reverberations across the state? It could,” said Freidman, adding the lawsuit is not a direct response to any legislation passed in Florida this past year. The case does not name DeSantis as a defendant though the Republican governor has championed policies that allow the censorship and challenging of books based on whether they are appropriate for children in schools, causing national uproar. “We certainly, as an organization that advocates against book banning and restrictions and removals of books from students, we are hopeful that this could have a positive outcome for the families in Florida,” said Jonathan Friedman, director of free expression and education at PEN America. The federal lawsuit alleges the Escambia County School District and its School Board are violating the First Amendment through the removal of 10 books from library shelves. Ron DeSantis’ agenda as he prepares to run for president. – Writers’ group PEN America and publisher Penguin Random House sued a Florida school district Wednesday over its removal of books about race and LGBTQ+ identities, the latest opposition to a policy central to Gov.
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