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Summarize Tinker v. Des Students were suspended by school officials for
Moines. wearing a simple black armband to school to
protest Vietnam War.
The U.S. Supreme Court held the students'
speech was protected. Students, the Court
What was the supreme held, do not "shed their constitutional rights
court ruling for Tinker to freedom of speech or
v. Des Moines? expression at the schoolhouse gate," and
school officials may not punish or prohibit
student speech unless they can clearly
demonstrate that it will result in a material
and substantial disruption of normal school activities or
invades the rights of others.
The principal of Hazelwood East High School
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outside St. Louis, Mo., censored from the
student newspaper a special teen issue
Summarize Hazelwood v. section that included articles on teen
Kulhmeier. pregnancy and the impact of divorce on
students that he found objectionable.
Members of the student staff sued.
What was the U.S. District The U.S District Court for the Eastern District
ruling for Hazelwood v. of Missouri held that students' First
Kulhmeier? Amendment rights were not violated. The
students appealed.
What was the U.S. 8th The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed
Circuit Court of the District Court decision, primarily relying on
Appeals ruling for the Supreme Court's 1969 decision in Tinker.
Hazelwood v.
Kulhmeier?
The U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Court of
Appeals decision and held that a high school-
What was the U.S. sponsored newspaper produced as part of a
Supreme Court ruling for class and without a "policy or practice"
Hazelwood v. establishing it as a public forum for student
Kulhmeier? expression could be censored where school
officials demonstrated a reasonable
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educational justification and
where their censorship was viewpoint-neutral.
At a school assembly of approximately 600
high school students, Matthew Fraser made
a speech nominating a fellow student for
elective office. In his speech, Fraser used what
Summarize Bethel v. some observers believed was a graphic sexual
Fraser? metaphor to promote the candidacy of his
friend. As part of its disciplinary code, Bethel
High School enforced a rule prohibiting conduct
which "substantially interferes with the
educational
process ... including the use of obscene,
profane language or gestures." Fraser was
suspended from school for two days.
The U.S. Supreme Court found that it was
appropriate for the school to prohibit the use of
vulgar and offensive language. Chief Justice
What was the U.S. Warren E. Burger distinguished between
Supreme Court ruling for political speech which the court previously had
Bethel v. Fraser? protected in Tinker ... and the supposed sexual
content of Fraser's message at the assembly.
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Burger concluded that the First Amendment did
not prohibit schools from prohibiting vulgar and
lewd speech since such discourse was
inconsistent with the "fundamental values of
public school education."
In 2002, high school principal Deborah Morse
suspended 18-year-old Joseph
Summarize Morse v. Frederick after he displayed a banner reading
Frederick. "BONG HiTS 4 JESUS" across the street from the
school during the 2002 Olympic Torch Relay.[2]
Frederick sued, claiming his constitutional
rights to free speech were violated.
The District Court found no constitutional
What was the ruling of violation and ruled in favor of Morse. The court
the district court? held that even if there were a violation, the
principal had qualified immunity
from lawsuit.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed.
The Ninth Circuit cited Tinker
v. Des Moines Independent Community School District,
What was the ruling of which extended First
the Ninth Circuit Amendment protection to student speech
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