Student's Free Speech Case May Lead To Legislation

Hartford Courant by Arielle Levin Becker | Feb. 2, 2009 (News Report)

In his ruling on a pioneering Internet free speech case last month, U.S. District Judge Mark R. Kravitz offered something of a plea to higher courts: Revisit the boundaries of free speech for students.

Kravitz was siding with Burlington school administrators accused of violating the First Amendment rights of a student they disciplined for a blog post she wrote off school grounds. And he offered an argument for why, in the Internet age, the old ... Full Story »

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by Ron Denton - Feb. 3, 2009

It presents the very real issue of attempts to control and suppress free speech by agents of a government entity. The story could be better organized, but it does provide a number of good quotes and reference to previous relevant court cases. It also presents both sides of the issue in a pretty even way.

How the speech is transmitted is totally irrelevant. It is being suppressed solely on the basis of its content. The officials are trying to use the fact that the writer is enrolled in a public school system as a basis to censor anything he may say or print in any venue. Didn't we fight this whole issue of students still having rights under the Constitution over 40 years ago.