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Introduction

Banned & Challenged Books
"If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the Government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable. Individuals may restrict what they themselves or their children read, but they must not call on governmental or public agencies to prevent others from reading or seeing that material."

- U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan, in Texas v. Johnson

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