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Mahanoy School District v. B.L., No. 20-255 Min
No. 20-255
Washington, D.C. Independent Women’s Law Center (IWLC) recently filed an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court in support of student speech.
Mahanoy School District v. B.L. involves a claim by a female high school student that the school district violated her First Amendment rights when it punished her on the basis of an angry “snap” she sent after being cut from a varsity athletic team.
The Mahanoy School District argues that it has the authority to punish student speech that “targets” or “disrupts” the school community. What the school district really seeks is the power to punish students for off-campus, on-line speech that criticizes or talks about the school community in ways that offend others.
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After a high school cheerleader in Pennsylvania dropped a series of F-bombs about her school in a Snapchat post over a weekend in the spring of 2017, she was suspended from the cheerleading team and sued the school district, claiming the suspension violated her First Amendment rights.
Social media has an ever-growing presence in students’ daily lives. As a result, schools are increasingly faced with the question of whether they can discipline students for remarks made online about school or school officials. The answer is not entirely clear because of different court decisions in different judicial districts.
The United States Supreme Court agreed in January to hear the Pennsylvania school’s district’s case, and its decision may provide some clarity on the issue.