College student expelled for off-campus speech on social media
Craig Keefe was a nursing student at Central Lakes College in Minnesota. In 2012, he made several comments about classmates on
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A different “slant” on free speech
A Portland, Oregon band performed, in a sense, before the U.S. Supreme Court in January, 2017. Simon Tam’s rock group,
Rainbow stickers banned at California high school
About a dozen students at Shadow Hills High School in Indio, California, put a sticker on their identification badges and
Emojis lead to trouble for 12-year-old
A 12-year-old girl in Virginia has found out that her emojis in an Instagram message are not that funny. In December,
Happy New Year, America – It’s time to wake up!
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Emoticon leads to arrests
The popular emoticons used by millions in texts and emails (also known as emojis) have gotten some users in trouble.
Teen charged with pressuring boyfriend to commit suicide
Conrad Roy III of Massachusetts had a history of depression and had attempted suicide in the past. In 2012, he
25% of Supreme Court decisions in 2015 were 5-4 votes
What would life in America look like if just one Supreme Court justice voted differently? In the Court’s 2014-2015 term
8th grader’s Facebook rant against teacher is “protected speech”
That’s right – a federal district court judge in Oregon called Braeden Burge’s off-campus posts an attempt to elicit a
Freedom of the press for high school journalists
Do students have a right to free speech at school when writing for the school newspaper, yearbook or theater productions?