Federal judge blocks enforcement of Iowa law banning school books, gender identity instruction. Katie Akin Bill Steiden. ... Why did the federal judge block Iowa's book ban law?

A federal judge has blocked the state of Iowa from enforcing major portions of an education law, SF 496, which has caused school districts to pull hundreds of books from library shelves. The ...

A federal judge in Iowa temporarily blocked on Friday the enforcement of a law backed by Republicans that banned books describing sex acts from public school libraries.. In granting the ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (CN) — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked enforcement of Iowa’s state law that removes books that have LGBTQ themes with references to sexual acts from school libraries. U.S. District ...

Judge blocks Iowa from enforcing ban on books that depict sex Judge Stephen Locher wrote that the law is overly broad and “imposed a puritanical ‘pall of orthodoxy’ over school libraries ...

US federal Judge Stephen Locher on Friday blocked key provisions of SF 496, an Iowa law prohibiting school libraries from distributing books containing LGBTQ+ and gender identity issues.Judge Locher ...

The fight over banning books 08:13. A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked key parts of an Iowa law that bans some books from school libraries and forbids teachers from raising LGBTQ+ issues.

A federal judge temporarily blocked the enforcement of two parts of an Iowa state law that would ban books and curriculum from schools that discuss gender identity or sexual orientation.

Judge Stephen Locher’s preliminary injunction halts enforcement of the law, which was set to take effect Jan. 1 but already had resulted in the removal of hundreds of books from Iowa schools.

A US federal judge on Tuesday once again blocked enforcement of an Iowa law that required the removal of books describing sexual acts from public school libraries.. US District Judge Stephen Locher ...

A federal judge halted the implementation of most of an Iowa law that would ban books that depict “sex acts” and prohibit instruction regarding LGBTQ+ topics in kindergarten through sixth grade on ...

least the spring of 2025. live in iowa. a federal judge listens to arguments on the state’s new school book ban law. iowa safe schools and the aclu want the law to be shelved.