After nearly seven years of litigation, including adecision from the U.S. Supreme Court, the high school free speech battle knowninformally as "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" is over.
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First Amendment groups warn N.J. attorney general of broad 'cyberbullying' definition
Free speech advocates sent a statement of concernto the New Jersey State Attorney General urging caution in a policy initiativeto prevent cyberbullying on college campuses statewide.
PRESS RELEASE: Student Press Law Center Urges Caution in N.J. Campus Speech Regulation
Contact: Frank D. LoMonte Executive Director (703) 807-1904 director@splc.org
The Student Press Law Center today joined other free-speech groups in urging New Jersey's Attorney General to clarify her directive to New Jersey colleges and universities to enact rules punishing "cyber-harassment" and "bullying," cautioning that any restriction on campus speech must be narrowly drawn to avoid criminalizing legitimate editorial commentary.
"No matter how well-intentioned, history shows that any code of conduct giving government officials open-ended discretion to punish speech invariably leads to censorship of lawful speech that is merely provocative or unpopular," SPLC Executive Director Frank D.
PRESS RELEASE: New Text Provides Legal Resource on Student Journalism
Contact: Beverly Keneagy 904-626-0017
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In preparation for its 35-year anniversary celebration, the Student Press Law Center has released the third edition of Law of the Student Press, providing an important resource book for student journalists.
High school newspapers endorsing Obama go missing
Copies of the Cumberland Valley High School newspaper, the CV Eye Update, went missing Oct. 27 after the staff made an endorsement of Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama, said an adviser to the student paper.
Northern Kentucky student creates petition to change orientation speech policy
A Northern Kentucky University student plansto petition NKU administrators to apologize and revise a policy restricting thedistribution of certain materials during student orientation after the studenthanded out condoms as a form of protest and landed in jail.
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FIRE warns multiple universities that political speech bans could be unconstitutional
New York -- The Foundation for Individual Rights inEducation created a political activity policy for colleges and universities toabide by in response to a string of complaints accusing colleges across thecountry of silencing student and faculty political expression.
October 2008 podcast: administrations have “zero tolerance” for violent speech
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California's adviser protection law allows students to continue lawsuits after graduating; Zero tolerance policies involving speech about violence.