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Laws so all eyes on the supreme court on that. finally, there's a really interesting student school speech. so, it goes to how far schools can go to regulate speech that occurs off campus, not on campus. it was brought by a cheerleader trying to get on the varsity cheer leading squad. she didn't get on. she posted on the weekend a profanity-laced social media post. the school saw it. they suspended her from the jv squad and her parents turned around and sued that violates free speech. schools can't reach outside of campus to restrict free speech. it comes in the age of internet and also as stu...

There is a harrow -- narrow ruling. and the third case on student speech, a big one. how much authority do schools have when students are off campus. this is a huge case, the cheer leader case from pennsylvania who was upset that she didn't make varsity cheer and she sent a salty snap chat that the school found reason to punish her. so what are their speech rights off cam pause? >> pete williams, as we always say, the 10:00 a.m. hour will be the most exciting hour that you have. >> thank you for being with us. back on capitol hill we're watching the senate floor.

Apr. 29—MAHANOY CITY — Larry Levy believes the questions from U.S. Supreme Court justices to the attorney representing Mahanoy Area School District in his daughter Brandi's student free speech case Wednesday morning suggest they're leaning in her favor. "I think at the beginning, the petitioner's (Mahanoy Area) argument was weak," Larry Levy said about the presentation by Lisa S. Blatt on ...

Before the Supreme Court this week is an argument over whether public schools can discipline students over something they say off-campus

Trace gallagher is live. >> well, because the supreme court rejected this, it means this case is essentially over. i mean, now look back to the decision by the third circuit court of appeals in philadelphia, and until today the eastern area union school district was temporarily banned from stopping students from wearing the i heart boobie bracelets. now they'll be allowed permanently in 2010, two girls were told not to wear the bracelets. they refused and were suspended. their mom contacted the aclu, who sued, saying the ban violates their first amendment rights. a district court ruled in favo...