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Author: Emily Summars

Ohio student sues after school bans pro-gay shirt

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April 4, 2012December 4, 2018 Emily Summars

AWaynesville High School junior and his mother are suing the Wayne Local School District claiming the district violated his First and Fourteenth Amendmentrights by preventing him from wearing a T-shirt with the statement “Jesus isNot a Homophobe.”

Tagged Ohio, Waynesville High School

Police investigating newspaper theft at Ark. university

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April 3, 2012September 5, 2018 Emily Summars

Morethan 1,000 copies of The Forumstudent newspaper were stolen March 13 and 14 from the University of Arkansasat Little Rock.

Tagged Arkansas, The Forum, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Ind. senior says he was expelled for tweeting profanity at home

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March 29, 2012September 5, 2018 Emily Summars

Schooladministrators expelled a 17-year-old high school senior March 12 for tweets heposted from home at 3 a.m.

Tagged Garrett High School, Indiana

Missouri district asks appeals court to put suspended bloggers’ return to school on hold

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March 29, 2012September 5, 2018 Emily Summars

The Lee’s Summit R-7 School District is appealing a federal judge's recent decision, which allowed two student bloggers to return to school after being suspended for 180 days.Senior U.S.

Tagged First Amendment, Off-campus Student Internet Speech, Student Rights

TV reporter's complaint leads to confiscation of Md. high school newspapers

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March 28, 2012September 5, 2018 Emily Summars

Student newspapers were confiscated at Bethesda Chevy-Chase High School onMarch 16 after a television reporter complained that a story and photo of her mightcause her children to be harassed.

Tagged Bethesda Chevy-Chase High School, Maryland, The Tattler

Wis. student ends lawsuit over 'boobies' bracelets

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March 27, 2012September 5, 2018 Emily Summars

Theparent of a Wisconsin middle school student dropped her free speech caseTuesday concerning the school’s ban on “I (Heart) Boobies” breast cancerawareness bracelets.

Tagged Sauk Prairie School District, Wisconsin

Mo. students sue after blog posts land them six-month suspensions

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March 16, 2012December 4, 2018 Emily Summars

Twoparents are suing the Lee’s Summit R-7 School District for violating theirsons’ First Amendment rights after administrators suspended them for six monthsover an online blog about the school.

Tagged Lee's Summit R-7 School District, Missouri

Judge upholds punishment of Miss. student who posted rap song on Facebook

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March 15, 2012December 4, 2018 Emily Summars

Afederal judge sided with school officials Thursday in a free speech lawsuitbrought by a student disciplined for posting a song on Facebook and YouTube.

Tagged Itawamba Agricultural High School, MIssissippi

Editors: Colo. yearbook adviser spikes feature on lesbian couple, deletes pages

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March 12, 2012December 4, 2018 Emily Summars

Theeditor of the Palmer High School yearbook claims her adviser censored aphotograph of a lesbian couple, then deleted several pages of work inretaliation against students who fought the decision.

Tagged Colorado, Palmer High School, Retrospect

Editor files grievance after Ill. school censors pro-discipline editorial

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March 9, 2012December 4, 2018 Emily Summars

Theeditor in chief of the student newspaper at Richwoods High School is pushingback against censorship of a staff editorial, filing a grievance with theschool district and contemplating a lawsuit.

Tagged Illinois, Richwoods High School, The Shield

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