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    A student opened a banner with the phrase: "BONG HiTS 4 jesus" the banner was easily readable by the students on the other side of the street. The student sued under the civil rights statute, claiming a violation of his freedom of speech. The District Court found no violation and voted in favor of the principal.

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    A student opened a banner with the phrase: "BONG HiTS 4 jesus" the banner was easily readable by the students on the other side of the street. The student sued under the civil rights statute, claiming a violation of his freedom of speech. The District Court found no violation and voted in favor of the principal.

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    Slide1:ThecasethatIwillbelookingatisMorseversusFrederickin2007,thisisanimportant

    casewhichaffectsthemillionsofhighschoolstudentsaroundthecountry.

    Slide2:In2002,theOlympicTorchRelaypassedthroughJuneau,Alaska,onitswaytoUtah.
    Morse,theprincipalofaschool,decidedtoallowstaffandstudentstotakepartintheTorch
    Relayasanapprovedclasstrip.

    Slide3:WhenFrederickarrived,hejoinedhisfriendsacrossthestreetfromtheschooltowatch
    theevent.

    Slide4:Asthetorchbearersandcameracrewspassedby,Frederickandhisfriendsopeneda
    largebannerwiththephrase:"BONGHiTS4JESUS."The14footbannerwaseasilyreadable
    bythestudentsontheothersideofthestreet.

    Slide5:DeborahMorse,theschoolsprincipal,noticedthebannerandpromptlyrequestedthat
    thestudentstakeitdown.AllbutFrederickcomplied.

    Slide6:MorseproceededtoConfiscatethebannerandsuspendFrederickfor10daysforhis
    violationofaschool'spolicyagainstthedisplayofmaterialthatpromotestheuseofillegal
    drugs.

    Slide7:Afterunsuccessfullytryingtoappealthesuspensionthroughtheschooldistrict,
    Fredericksuedunderthecivilrightsstatute,claimingaviolationofhisFirstAmendmentrightto
    freedomofspeech.

    Slide8:Hearguedthatthebannerdidntdisruptclassroomsorlearningbecausetheentire
    schoolwasoutdoorswatchingaparadeHealsoarguedthatitwasridiculoustoclassifythe
    signasadvocacyforillegaldrugsasitisridiculoustoassertthatthatbannerwouldaffect
    anyonesactionsitwassimplytogettheattentionofthenewscamera.

    Slide9:Morsearguedthatshehadtherighttotakeitdownbasedonthefactthatitwasstill
    advocacyforusingillegaldrugs,regardlessofwhetheritwouldchangebehavior,itwasstill
    againstschoolpolicies.Shearguedthatitwasdisruptivetothelearningenvironmentofthe
    school.Shealsoarguedthatsheshouldhaveimmunityfromsuchlawsuitsbecauseofher
    positionasaprincipal.

    Slide10:TheDistrictCourtfoundnoviolationandvotedinfavorofMorse.Thecourtsaidthat
    eveniftherewereaviolation,theprincipalhadimmunityfromlawsuit.

    Slide11:TheU.S.CourtofAppealsfortheNinthCircuitreversed.TheNinthCircuitusedacase
    called
    Tinkerv.DesMoinesIndependentCommunitySchoolDistrict
    ,whichgaveFirst
    Amendmentrightstostudentsexceptwhereitmightcauseadisturbance,tojustifyitsruling.
    TheyclaimedthatitwasclearthatFrederickwaspunishedforhismessageandnotany

    disturbance,andfurthermore,theprincipalhadnoimmunityagainstthelawsuit,becausequote
    anyreasonableprincipalwouldhaveknownthatMorse'sactionswereunlawful.

    Slide12:TheSupremeCourtreversedtheNinthCircuitbya54vote,rulingthatschoolofficials
    canstopstudentsfromshowingmessagesthatpromoteillicitdruguse.ChiefJusticeJohn
    Roberts'smajorityopinionheldthatalthoughstudentsdohavepartialrighttopoliticalspeech
    evenwhileinschool,thisrightdoesnotextendtoprodrugmessagesthatcouldundercutthe
    school'smissiontodiscouragedruguse.

    Slide13:Thedissentingopinionwasthat
    theFirstAmendmentprotectsstudentspeechifthe
    messagedoesntviolatearulenorpurposelypushesconductthatisillegalandharmfultostudents.
    Thebannerdoesntdoeitherofthose,andquotetheCourtdoesseriousviolencetotheFirst
    Amendmentbyupholdingfrederickspunishment.

    Slide14:Thiscaseisimportantuptillthisdaybecauseithasalargeimpactonthemillionsof
    highschoolstudentsaroundthecountry.Itimpactsthe1stamendmentrightsineducational
    facilities.

    Slide15:Questions:readonscreen,AT1isnominorsarenotasresponsibleasalladults,but
    itisnonethelessimportanttoprovidelargedegreesoffreespeechetcetera,justnotpossibly
    disruptiveandnoneducationalspeech/expression.

    Essentialquestion:whenisitOKtochallengeauthority?Ithinkitwasreasonableforfrederick
    tochallengeauthorityinthiscase,butheshouldalsorealizethathisexpressionwassilly.

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