[unmole]

> I struggle with the federal government's power over all this.

From the TFA, the proposed bill "would modify the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 by prohibiting use of funds under the act". This is hardly a case of the federal government running roughshod over sates and local jurisdictions.

This is a wild exaggeration to call this a national book ban.

[ramoz]

I mean, it's an act of power to restrict funding (which is why I didn't call it a ban)

[unmole]

> act of power to restrict funding

Federal funding. States and districts are free to fund whatever they want.