The plaintiffs in the landmark Tinker student-speech case are asking the Supreme Court to accept, and reverse, a California case finding no First Amendment violation in a school's decision to ban American flag logo apparel that the school claimed might worsen ethnic tensions.
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Court: Legal challenge to campus police raid can't proceed in secret
If you want to pursue a misconduct claim against campus police, be prepared to do it in public, a federal district judge ruled last week.
Administrators ask court to dismiss expelled nursing student's lawsuit
Central Lakes College employees named in a former nursing student’s lawsuit have asked the court to dismiss some of the claims in a lawsuit that challenges the student’s expulsion over Facebook posts.
Federal ruling extends housing-discrimination liability to writers of "harassing" blog posts
It's illegal to "interfere with" a person's efforts to obtain housing based on disability status, but a federal appeals court has become the first to rule that "interference" can mean making insulting comments on a blog, even if you're just a bystander and not the landlord.
A string of recent rulings make school boards safer places for dissenting views
Schools come by their hostility to freedom of speech honestly; they get it from their school boards, which are habitually hostile to dissenters.Many school districts forbid speakers from criticizing school employees during the public-comment portion of board meetings. Some go even further and prohibit mentioning any proper names.That's changing, because of a growing legal consensus that it's… Continue reading A string of recent rulings make school boards safer places for dissenting views