The state has appealed a federal judge's ruling that said a key part of a 2023 Florida law that led to books being removed from school library shelves is "overbroad and unconstitutional."

Attorney General James Uthmeier's office, representing members of the State Board of Education, filed a notice Wednesday that is a first step in appealing U.S. District Judge Carlos Mendoza's ruling to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

As is common, the notice did not detail arguments the state will make at the Atlanta-based appeals court.

Federal judge sides with publishers and parents

Mendoza on Aug. 13 issued a 50-page decision that sided with a group of publishers, authors and parents in the First Amendment lawsuit filed last year.

Mendoza focused primarily on part of the law that seeks

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