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June 23, 2021 04:11 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/23/22547065/supreme-court-mahanoy-school-cheerleading-snapchat-case-ruling
Supreme Court says a school cant punish a cheerleader for swearing on Snapchat
The Supreme Court says a Pennsylvania school can’t punish a cheerleader for swearing on Snapchat. The 8-1 ruling determined that students’ rights to free expression outweighed the school’s interest in preventing potentially disruptive speech — in this case, a snap captioned “fuck school fuck softball fuck cheer fuck everything.”
Justice Stephen Breyer delivered the majority opinion this morning, upholding an appeals court decision from the Third Circuit. He said that student Brandi Levy — identified as B.L. in court documents — shouldn’t have been suspended from her cheerleading team for a vulgar post about school sports. “While public schools may have a special interest in regulating some off-campus student speech, the special interests...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/23/22547065/supreme-court-mahanoy-school-cheerleading-snapchat-case-ruling
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