Skip to content
Welcome to the Student Press Law Center
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Get Legal Help
  • Donate
SPLC Logo

Student Press Law Center

  • Law
    • Legal Hotline
    • Legal Guides
    • Law Library
    • Public Records Requests
    • Featured Legal Questions
    • Amicus Briefs and Letters
  • Advocacy
    • New Voices
    • School Board Advocacy Toolkit
    • New Voices Student Leaders Institute
    • Student Media Model Guidelines
    • Student Press Freedom Day
  • For the Classroom
    • Resources for educators
    • Request A Speaker
    • Presentations
    • Quizzes
  • News
    • Latest News
    • Newsletter
    • Press Releases
  • About Us
    • About SPLC
    • Our Impact
    • Ways to Give
    • Staff & Contact Info
    • Board of Directors
    • Our Donors
    • SPLC Store
  • Donate

Tag: true threat

Supreme Court overturns man’s conviction for violent Facebook posts

News
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.

Tagged Elonis, online speech, recent-news, social media, Supreme Court, SupremeCourt, true threat

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

Uncategorized
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.

Tagged Newtown, Off-campus Student Internet Speech, Sandy Hook, school discipline, school suspension, true threat

Student Press Law Center ⋅ 1717 K Street NW, Suite 900 ⋅ Washington, D.C. 20006 USA
(202) 785-5450

splc.org/legalhelp

© 2023 Student Press Law Center
Read our Privacy Policy

Proudly powered by WordPress and hosted by Pressable