Possible tyranny of the majority in East Ramapo
A school board in N.Y. has asserted its majority to, we believe, deprive minority children of the right to a free and adequate public education....
1st Amendment
Coming to our senses about 'free range' kids
Md. authorities won't interfere or detain (imprison) free range kids anymore, thanks to new guidelines from the Dept of Human Resources. [...]Read More... from Coming...
Hold your applause at graduation or go to jail
Millions of high school students are joyfully graduating. Sometimes, requests to hold applause until the end of the ceremony are taken too seriously. [...]Read More......
Online threats depend on intent of speaker
The Supreme Court ruled threatening words only count as a "crime" if the speaker intended to make a threat. [...]Read More... from Online threats depend...
Suit seeks to allow distribution of religious materials
Whether students can distribute religious materials on school grounds may depend on whether anti-religion groups can distribute their own flyers. [...]Read More... from Suit seeks...
Blogging teacher disparages school & loses in court
A federal judge said negative and crude blog comments by a teacher about other teachers and students were not entitled to free speech protection. [...]Read...
Brief commentary on today's Hobby Lobby decision
The Supreme Court ruled that a family-owned corporation doesn't have to pay for contraceptives under Obamacare if its owners don't want to. [...]Read More... from...
No appeal for graduation ceremonies in churches
A school district in Wisconsin will have to abide by the ruling from the 7th Circuit that it can't conduct graduation ceremonies in a Christian...
Cyberbullying law challenged in court
Laws that make it a crime to commit cyberbullying are increasingly being challenged on free speech grounds, but nothing yet from a high court. [...]Read...
Can’t take away a ‘privilege’ by denying free speech
A few days ago, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a ruling concerning the First Amendment right of free speech that could have...