Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Beyond that, the main takeaway seems to be that social media remains a place potentially fraught with peril – for students, schools and everyone else.
The court, in an 8-1 decision, ruled that a Pennsylvania school district violated the First Amendment by suspending 14-year-old Brandi Levy from her school’s cheerleading team after the student, relegated to the junior-varsity squad, posted to her Snapchat “F - school f - softball f - cheer f - everything,” adding a photo of herself and a friend extending their middle fingers.
Levy’s parents, after unsuccessful attempts to appeal the suspension with the school district, filed a federal lawsuit with the support of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Free speech extends to students, too - Christine Flowers
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