Student Press Law Center

Supreme Court overturns man’s conviction for violent Facebook posts

June 1, 2015September 5, 2018 David Lim

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.

Newtown shootings lead to nationwide wave of school discipline incidents, legitimate or not

December 29, 2012September 5, 2018 Frank LoMonte

A student in a San Francisco charter school is facing the threat of expulsion after writing a "dark" poem referencing the Newtown school shootings, part of a wave of suspensions and expulsions sweeping the nation since the Dec.