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Justices consider teenager s challenge to school punishment for vulgar Snapchat.
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Teen cheerleader takes free speech battle to Supreme Court
Brandi Levy’s Snapchat rant is at the heart of the First Amendment showdown on how far schools can go in enforcing rules off campus when it comes to social media.ABC News
The U.S. Supreme Court wrestled openly on Wednesday with how to balance the free speech rights of American teenagers on social media with the needs of schools to maintain order and discipline in classrooms and on playing fields.
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Teen Cheerleader s Snapchat Brings Supreme Court Clash Over Schools and Free Speech Details 05 April 2021
CYBERBULLYING FALLOUT-When 14-year-old Brandi Levy didn t make the varsity cut as a freshman cheerleader for the Mahanoy Golden Bears, she sounded off on social media, as teenagers are known to do. I was frustrated. I was upset. I was angry. And I made a post on Snapchat, Levy told ABC News Live. I said, F school, F cheer, F softball, F everything.
When she posted the vulgar message to her friends on a weekend in 2017, she never thought she d hear about it again. But days later, the school accused her of breaching a code of conduct and suspended her from cheerleading for an entire year.
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