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Board of Education v. Pico: Forty years of First Amendment Legacy

On June 25, 1982, the Supreme Court announced their decision regarding the authority of school boards to censor materials in school libraries in Board of Education v. Pico. Now, on the 40th anniversary of their landmark decision, we are seeing an unprecedented wave of challenges. What happened with the Pico decision? And will it help us now?

June 16, 2022June 15, 2022 Nia Thimakis Access, Censorship, First Amendment, Legislation
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