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Board of Education vs. Pico (1982),
A Landmark Supreme Court Decision

Board of Education vs. Pico (1982). A School Board in New York ordered the removal of nine books from junior high and high school libraries which were considered anti-American, anti-Christian, anti-Semitic and filthy. Students at the schools, including Steven Pico, sued claiming a denial of their First Amendment rights. The Supreme Court ruled that school boards could not just remove books from libraries simply because they didn't like the ideas in them.


See Also :

The Playboy First Amendments Awards

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