High Court Asked To Apply Tinker Rule In Discipline Of Students’ Off-Campus Acts

Mealey's (April 20, 2021, 11:46 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — With oral arguments less than two weeks away, a school district filed its reply brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on April 16, arguing that the substantial disruption standard established in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District to guide schools’ discipline of students’ on-campus behavior in the context of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution should also apply to discipline for off-campus behavior, especially in regard to online speech....