A U.S. District Court judge awarded nominal damagesto a University of Delaware student, acknowledging the college violated thestudent's First Amendment rights by punishing him for offensive butnon-threatening speech on a personal Web page.
Author: Alberto D. Morales
Appellate court rules school district violated First Amendment rights of students who wore black armbands to school
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals uphelda lower court's decision saying students who protested their school district'suniform policy in 2006 had a right to do so under the First Amendment.