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Raised, and the post was loaded with f-bombs, f school, f softball, f cheer, f everything. school officials soon learned of it, suspended her from cheerleading for a year. it is now four years later. the decision of scotus, 8-1 that the pennsylvania school went too far when it punished her for an off-campus rant. brandy levy joins me now along with vic. it is good to have you. appreciate you. >> thank you. >> and brandy, your life has moved on. you are now in college, but this mattered. and when...

Victory for free speech. the court ruled in favor of a former high school cheerleader who posted a profanity laced reaction on snapchat. after she failed to make the varsity cheerleading squad. the pennsylvania teenager had argued she should not be punished by her public school for speaking out while off school grounds and she won in the highest court in the land, no less. with that lets bring in our lead off guest on this wednesday night philip rucker pulitzer prize winner, senior washington co...

The supreme court ruling in favor of a cheerleader who had been punished, suspended for a vulgar snapchat message she sent while offcampus. what the court said. abcs terry moran has covered the court for years and hes back at the court tonight. >> reporter: at the supreme court, a cheerleaders disappointment has become a landmark first amendment ruling. >> i think this is the most significant decision for young peoples free speech rights in the past 50 years. >> reporter: by a vote of 8-1, the j...

Amendment exists to protect speech that we may not want to hear and thats part of how we learn. >> reporter: a ringing defense of the first amendment. the justices said its crucial for students to be able to express themselves because schools are, as the court put it, nurseries of democracy, and democracy only works if we protect a free exchange of ideas. >> odonnell: especially on snapchat, apparently. jan crawford, thank you. a major interstate leading into washington, d.c. is closed tonight a...

>> kids should be able to express themselves and they should be able to do so without being scared that the schools are going to punish them. >> reporter: but her snapchat, posted over a weekend, made its way to the cheer coach, who suspended brandi from the junior varsity squad. brandi and her father sued and today the supreme court agreed with her ruling 8-1 that her social media rant, posted off school grounds, was protected by the first amendment. courts must be more skeptical of a schools e...

Or adolescent, the risk of getting the vaccine significantly outweigh any of the rare risks were finding with the vaccine thats why were recommending it for people 12 and up. >> the bottom line, whether its the delta variant or any other variant that comes down the pipe, you will be safe. dr. vivek murthy thank you for your time this morning. coming up next, several big stories to discuss with our legal panel, including yesterdays supreme court decision in favor of a cheer leader who had been ...

Appropriate experience for teens. instagram had no statement. a company spokesperson says theyre focused on safety measures for teens, including limiting interactions between teens and adult strangers. the bermans youngest son uses snapchat every day. hes posted 380,000 times. >> i am not interested in taking social media down what i want is for them to partner with us, be as invested in protecting our children as they should be since our children live there, or at the very least, dont stand in ...

Messages about drugs, bullying, mental health, violence but on iphones, snapchat, tiktok, instagram direct messages are not accessible to bark. >> thats the bare minimum we should be able to expect from social media platforms making gajillions of dollars off us and our children. >> our son ordered drugs off of a colorful menu, the words would be alerted us if we had that on snapchat. >> reporter: snapchat says theyre deliberate what user information can be released to third party apps and says i...

Prosecutor, cnn analyst jeffrey toobin. 8-1 on this scotus decision. whats your reaction? >> its a remarkable story. its a cliche, you can take your case all the way to the supreme court. here this cheerleader in a very obscure controversy about who makes a cheerleading team in the middle of pennsylvania, it went all the way to the supreme court. its a real issue because this is a case about how people, especially young people communicate in the real world. this is a snapchat where this young wo...

Close-to-unanimous voice as it has recently. but lets hold off on making any big judgments about the court changing. >> i will hold off on making the unexpected overlap comment. >> you know how much i love you, toobin. im going to give sciutto points. well see what happens with arizona. i hear you. before we go, can we ask you about breyer writing all these big opinions and all the talk about where hes going to go next term. apparently he understands snapchat as you pointed out. what does it tel...