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Did the Supreme Court decide that there can be no book censorship in public school libraries?

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Did the Supreme Court decide that there can be no book censorship in public school libraries?

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Not exactly. In the Pico case, the Court ruled that books could not be removed from a public school library unless they were educationally unsuitable or “pervasively vulgar.” The ruling did not extend to the acquisition of books leaving schools to decide which books they would purchase.