Students are largely free to speak their minds off campus without fear of school punishment, even if social mediaâs boundless reach blurs the line between living room and classroom.
With a few caveats, thatâs the gist of a highly anticipated Supreme Court ruling handed down recently in Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L., a case that tested the limits of public school discipline.
An 8-1 majority held that Mahanoy Area High School in Pennsylvania violated Brandi Levyâs First Amendment rights when it kicked her off the junior varsity cheerleading team for raising her middle finger and dropping the f-bomb in a weekend Snapchat story shared with a friend group that included some teammates.
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Balancing the need to educate and the American right to free speech is never easy Here s why
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