1982 decision

The 1982 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, in *Board of Education v. Pico*, ruled that school officials cannot remove books from libraries simply because they disagree with their ideas. The Court emphasized that the First Amendment protects students’ access to diverse viewpoints, and decisions about library content should be based on educational suitability, not personal or political biases. This case reinforced the principle that censorship in school libraries must be carefully justified and not based on suppression of ideas, ensuring students' rights to explore different perspectives remain protected.