From Alaska Dispatch:
Alaska librarians and bookstore owners are nervous about new laws they say stifle Alaskans’ First Amendment rights — and after trying unsuccessfully to address their concerns with the governor, they say they’ve got no choice but to sue.
Despite warnings that their attempts to crack down on the ability of sexual predators to entice minors online were seriously flawed, this spring Alaska state legislators and Gov. Sean Parnell went ahead and passed changes to Alaska law that critics claim are unconstitutional.
Senate Bill 222, sponsored by Parnell and introduced to the Legislature at his request, is intended to toughen the state’s human trafficking, sex offense and child pornography laws through increased jail time and more ways for cops to close in on offenders. At the bill signing earlier this year, Parnell touted the legislation, in concert with other crime bills passed that same day, as a package of laws that “better protects children and all victims of assault.”
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