WASHINGTON Fourteen-year-old Brandi Levy was having that kind of day where she just wanted to scream. So she did, in a profanity-laced posting on Snapchat that has, improbably, ended up before the Supreme Court in the most significant case on student speech in more than 50 years.
At issue is whether public schools can discipline students over something they say off-campus. The topic is especially meaningful in a time of remote learning because of the coronavirus pandemic and a rising awareness of the pernicious effects of online bullying.
Arguments are on Wednesday, via telephone because of the pandemic, before a court on which several justices have school-age children or recently did.
Student s profanity-ridden Snapchat rant finds its way to historic Supreme Court case
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Fourteen-year-old Brandi Levy was having that kind of day where she just wanted to scream. So she did, in a profanity-laced posting on Snapchat that has, improbably, ended up before the Supreme Court in the most significant case on student speech in more than 50 years.
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Lawyers representing Mary Beth Tinker and John Tinker, plaintiffs in a historic free-speech court case that originated in Des Moines, filed a “friend of the court” brief in support of a Pennsylvania teenager who sued after she was suspended from a public school cheerleading team in connection with a vulgar outburst on Snapchat. She argued that the Mahanoy Area School District should not be permitted to punish her for things she said outside school. The case goes before the U.S. Supreme Court at 9 a.m. Wednesday. This excerpt from the Tinkers’ brief has been edited to remove citations and footnotes and condensed.
14-year-old student’s Snapchat profanity leads to Supreme Court case
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WASHINGTON (AP) Fourteen-year-old Brandi Levy was having that kind of day where she just wanted to scream. So she did, in a profanity-laced posting on Snapchat that has, improbably, ended up before the Supreme Court in the most significant case on student speech in more than 50 years.
At issue is whether public schools can discipline students over something they say off-campus. The topic is especially meaningful in a time of remote learning because of the coronavirus pandemic and a rising awareness of the pernicious effects of online bullying.
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WASHINGTON (AP) Fourteen-year-old Brandi Levy was having that kind of day where she just wanted to scream. So she did, in a profanity-laced posting on Snapchat that has, improbably, ended up before the Supreme Court in the most significant case on student speech in more than 50 years.
At issue is whether public schools can discipline students over something they say off-campus. The topic is especially meaningful in a time of remote learning because of the coronavirus pandemic and a rising awareness of the pernicious effects of online bullying.
Arguments are on Wednesday, via telephone because of the pandemic, before a court on which several justices have school-age children or recently did.