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Student Speech
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Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Third Circuit finds middle schoolers’ “I ♥ boobies” bracelets protected by First Amendment.
The title of this post was inspired by this Legal Intelligencer article highlighting a recent Third Circuit decision in which the court found that a school could not ban “I ♥ boobies”…
Education Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit Upholds Student’s Expulsion for Off-Campus Speech
The9th Circuit affirmed a summary judgment ruling last week against a Nevada high school student who was expelled for off-campus speech. Landon Wynar, thena high school sophomore, was expelled for…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Third Circuit En Banc: Students Have First Amendment Right to Wear Breast Cancer Bracelets
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The students' bracelets proclaimed "I ♥ boobies (KEEP A BREAST)." The Easton Area School District banned the bracelets as not suitable for school. In an en banc opinion today in…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Tinker and The Second Amendment: NRA School T-Shirt Causes Kerfuffle
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While the facts may not be as originally reported, the NRA t-shirt of West Virginia High School Student has been causing consternation. Was he really suspended - - - and…
Media Law Prof Blog
Limiting Student Speech On Campus
Steve Varel, Northern Illinois University College of Law, is publishing Limits on School Disciplinary Authority over Online Student Speechin volume 33 of the Northern Illinois University Law Review (2013). Here…
Media Law Prof Blog
Cyberbullying and North Carolina Law
Matthew M. Pagett, North Carolina Court of Appeals, has published Sticks, Stones, and Cyberspace: On Cyberbullying and the Limits of Student Speech in the UNC School of Government School Law…
School Law
New York Appellate Court’s Ruling Further Develops School Speech Jurisprudence
A New York Appellate Court has ruled that a student can be suspended for making threats on school grounds without a showing that the student had the intention to carry…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Second Circuit Upholds “Protective” Measures Against Student
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A three-judge panel of the Second Circuit ruled last week in Cox v. Warwick Valley Central School District that a school principal did not violate the First Amendment or substantive due…
Virgin Islands Law Blog
Third Circuit Sides with Students Right to Online Speech
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals this past week became the highest court in the nation to draw a clear line establishing what school districts are legally permitted to do…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Third Circuit En Banc, The Schoolhouse Gates, My Space, and the First Amendment: Opinions
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Today, the Third Circuit en banc has rendered its opinion in JS v. Blue Mountain Sch. Dist. and its opinion in Layshock v. Hermitage Sch. Dist., a year after the…