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WASHINGTON â The case of the cheerleaderâs salty language comes to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, at a moment when technological and social changes should cause the court to expand First Amendment protections of student speech. Social media necessitate rethinking the proper scope of governmentâs jurisdiction, through public schools, in controlling students. And the fact that freedom of speech is besieged in academic settings justifies judicial supervision of schoolsâ attempts to extend their controls.
When B.L., a Pennsylvania ninth-grader, failed to make the varsity cheerleading team, she posted on Snapchat a picture of her raised middle finger and this caption: â(Expletive) school (expletive) softball (expletive) cheer (expletive) everything.â Another student brought this episode of adolescent volatility to the attention of the schoolâs coaches, who suspended B.L. from the junior varsity cheerleading team because she had damaged the schoolâ
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Three UC Davis law professors engaged in a public discussion Wednesday (Jan. 13) on “Insurrection and the Rule of Law,” exploring the potential legal, political and global repercussions of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Afra Afsharipour, senior associate dean at the School of Law, moderated the panel that drew an online audience of more than 500 people. Larson