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High school girl under police protection in Utah after school board member questions her gender in social media post, prompting cyberbullying and threats against student

By Emma Tucker, CNN

In a Facebook post, Natalie Cline, a member of the Utah State Board of Education, posted a photo of the high school basketball player and falsely implied the student is transgender, writing: “Girls’ basketball…”

(CNN) — A teenage girl in Utah faced threats after a state school board member appeared to raise questions about her gender on social media, eliciting<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://wsvn.com/news/us-world/utah-school-district-takes-steps-to-protect-teen-after-school-board-member-appears-to-question-girls-gender-on-social-media/">Read More</a>

Republican legislators previously accused some of the schools of stifling expression on campus.

“I’ve never seen a blanket ban on access to constitutionally protected speech like this ever upheld by a court,” said a First Amendment attorney.

Universities are being told that protected speech that does not meet the definition of harassment is causing a hostile campus environment.

University codes of conduct support their mission to educate. But it’s not easy to balance those codes with the values of free speech, as the resignation of a prominent university president shows.

The Palm Beach County elementary teacher was removed from the classroom for a letter she wrote Nov. 1 asking that the district include Islamophobia.

An appeals court largely upheld a gag order limiting former President Trump’s statements as he faces federal prosecution for seeking to block the transfer of power, broadening his ability to attack special counsel Jack Smith while leaving in place limitations on other parties. The ruling from a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of…