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 U B - Feb. 5, 2009

An extremely important issue, presented in a fairly disorganized fashion. For example, Columbine-type situations, which are mentioned at the end of the article, are completely different from situations in which schools are dealing with language or actions that would simply be inappropriate or disruptive had they taken place on school property.