Document Type
Special Section 2
Theme
SPECIAL SECTION ON THE U. S. SUPREME COURT'S MOST RECENT DECISION ON STUDENT RIGHTS
Abstract
As legal rules go, the US Supreme Court’s 2007 decision Morse v. Frederick (2007) will be fairly easy for school administrators to apply. The First Amendment allows a public school principal to “restrict student speech at a school event, when that speech is reasonably viewed as promoting illegal drug use.” Justice Alito's concurring opinion explained that the rule “goes no further” than speech advocating drug use, and does not authorize punishment for “speech that can plausibly be interpreted as commenting on any political or social issue, including speech on issues such as the wisdom of the war on drugs or of legalizing marijuana for medicinal use.” The rule may be straightforward, but the reasoning that generated it is harder to follow.
Genre/Form
articles
Recommended Citation
Caplan, Aaron H.
(2008)
"Visions of Public Education In Morse v. Frederick,"
Journal of Educational Controversy: Vol. 3:
No.
1, Article 21.
Available at:
https://cedar.wwu.edu/jec/vol3/iss1/21
Subjects - Topical (LCSH)
High school students--Civil rights--United States; High school students--Civil rights--Alaska; Educational law and legislation--United States; Constitutional law--Social aspects--United States; Freedom of speech--United States; High school students--Legal status, laws, etc.--Alaska
Subjects - Names (LCNAF)
Morse, Deborah (School principal)--Trials, litigation, etc.; Frederick, Joseph--Trials, litigation, etc.; City and Borough of Juneau School District--Trials, litigation, etc.
Geographic Coverage
Alaska; United States
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Type
Text