LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin is leading a coalition of 20 other states in filing a friend of the court brief supporting an Iowa law.
The law prohibits books describing sex acts from school libraries. Griffin said the brief is in response to the Iowa law being challenged on First Amendment grounds.
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Griffin explained that the issue is not a free speech matter, as the law involves making editorial decisions, which are considered “government speech” and therefore fall outside the scope of the First Amendment.
Griffin spoke about the issue of compelling libraries to act…