Archive for February, 2014

DOES THE THREAT OF SCHOOL VIOLENCE OUTWEIGH THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT T0 FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION?

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that school officials’ concerns of racial violence outweighed students’ freedom of expression rights. A Northern California high school principal had ordered students wearing American flag t-shirts to turn the shirts inside out during the Mexican heritage celebration Cinco. With a history of racial tension incidents between white and latino students on…read more →