Federal appeals court hears challenge to Arkansas library law (opens in new tab)

KARK.com – June 10, 2026 – “A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments Thursday in the ongoing legal challenge to Arkansas’s Act 372 of 2023, which would amend the law concerning libraries and obscene materials made available to minors. Opponents say Act 372 would criminalize librarians and expand censorship of library materials. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit will hear oral arguments at 9 a.m. June 11 at the Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse in St. Louis. The case, F...