After the Supreme Court ruled on Elonis in June, free-speech advocates worry about potential consequences on student social media speech.
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Supreme Court overturns man’s conviction for violent Facebook posts
The Court ruled in favor of Anthony Elonis, a Pennsylvania man who was convicted in 2010 under a federal threat-speech statute for violent language he used on Facebook to describe his wife, local elementary schools and an FBI agent.
Supreme Court hears social media threats case
In the case Elonis v. United States, the Supreme Court will determine if a conviction for threatening another person on social media requires proof of the speaker’s subjective intent to threaten.
“Boobies” case could go before the Supreme Court
The Easton Area School District board in Pennsylvania decided on Tuesday to try take its "boobies" case to the U.S.
Supreme Court hears arguments in out-of-state FOI case
Today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in McBurney v. Young, a case involving out-of-state public records requests.
Supreme Court justices’ papers give some hints about how Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier came to be
Education Week's Mark Walsh, a veteran Supreme Court reporter who deeply understands education law, is just out with a fascinating look behind the scenes at how the high court arrived at the First Amendment legal standard that governs much of the speech taking place in schools (and, increasingly, in colleges).The entire piece is well worth reading, but it's particularly enlightening for the nuggets Walsh was able to unearth from the papers of Justices Byron White, author of the majority opinion in Hazelwood School District v.