Supreme Court:  Students’ 1st Amendment Rights Outweigh Discipline Interests

Mealey's (June 23, 2021, 1:10 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Although “schools may have a special interest in regulating some off-campus student speech,” a U.S. Supreme Court majority ruled on June 23 that any such interests are trumped by a student’s right to free expression under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, holding that a Pennsylvania school violated a student’s free speech rights when it disciplined her for social media statements that she posted off-campus and after school hours....