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Attorneys for a coalition of plaintiffs suing to overturn two provisions of Act 372, a new Arkansas law on library materials, in court filings Thursday asked a judge to block enforcement of the contested elements of the law.

A coalition of 18 plaintiffs—including a powerful alliance of library, publishing, author, and bookseller groups—are suing to strike down a controversial new law exposing librarians and booksellers to criminal liability.

U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker, a Trump appointee, declared the law unconstitutional, on the grounds that it violates the First Amendment.

Librarians in Arkansas filed a lawsuit Friday against the state in an attempt to undo its recently passed book ban.

A coalition of 17 plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in federal court on Friday that asks a judge to strike down as unconstitutional two sections of Act 372, a new Arkansas law on school and public library materials, claiming violations of the First and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution.