Attorney general: State doesn’t enforce new library law, can’t be sued

The state can’t be sued for Idaho’s library law, Attorney General Raúl Labrador’s office argues, because private citizens are responsible for enforcing it. In a new court filing, Labrador’s office responded to a coalition – made up of private schools, a church, a library and a handful of parents – that filed a lawsuit challenging the Children’s School and Library Protection Act. The coalition last month sued the state and two county prosecutors, asking the U.S. District Court for Idaho to declare the law unconstitutional and block its enforcement.

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