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Possible tyranny of the majority in East Ramapo

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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.

Coming to our senses about 'free range' kids

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Md. authorities won't interfere or detain (imprison) free range kids anymore, thanks to new guidelines from the Dept of Human Resources.

Hold your applause at graduation or go to jail

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Millions of high school students are joyfully graduating. Sometimes, requests to hold applause until the end of the ceremony are taken too seriously.

Online threats depend on intent of speaker

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The Supreme Court ruled threatening words only count as a "crime" if the speaker intended to make a threat.

Suit seeks to allow distribution of religious materials

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Whether students can distribute religious materials on school grounds may depend on whether anti-religion groups can distribute their own flyers.

Blogging teacher disparages school & loses in court

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A federal judge said negative and crude blog comments by a teacher about other teachers and students were not entitled to free speech protection.

Brief commentary on today's Hobby Lobby decision

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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.

No appeal for graduation ceremonies in churches

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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 church.

Cyberbullying law challenged in court

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Laws that make it a crime to commit cyberbullying are increasingly being challenged on free speech grounds, but nothing yet from a high court.

Can’t take away a ‘privilege’ by denying free speech

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A few days ago, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a ruling concerning the First Amendment right of free speech that could...