Bong Hits for Jesus
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Alfino 09:58, 22 March 2007 (PDT)
[Links Page for this case] Alfino 21:53, 12 April 2007 (PDT)
Press attention on the "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" case heard by the US Supreme Court last week focused almost exclusively on free-speech issues for high school students while they are in school or involved in school activities. And, while the justices may well issue a narrow ruling one way or the other, the possibility exists that their decision will reverberate into the online world; in particular, it may help establish guidelines for school officials who have or have been tempted to clamp down on what their students say and post on social-networking sites, such as MySpace.
'Bong hits' case may reverberate online
Paul McNamara. Network World. Framingham: Mar 26, 2007.Vol.24, Iss. 12; pg. 46, 1 pgs [[1]]
-Kate and Katie
This article gives a good overview of the case. Explains the arugment of the principle-- that she suspended Joesph Fredrick because his banner promoted drug use, and the argument of Fredrick--that he was exercising his 1st amendment right of free speech.
Justices hear case of teen's banner
STUDENT CLAIMED RIGHT TO DISPLAY `BONG' SIGN AT EVENT
By David G. Savage
Los Angeles Times
Article Launched: 03/20/2007 01:42:30 AM PDT
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-Kate and Katie
Seattle Times
In 2002, 18-year-old senior Joseph Frederick stood across the street from his high school and unfurled a 14-foot banner that read "Bong Hits 4 Jesus." Frederick invoked his First Amendment right to free speech. An unamused principal, unable to maintain a cool head, ripped up the banner and suspended him, in part for using the word bong, interpreted as defiance of the Juneau, Alaska, school's anti- drug message.
Also names several cases related to this one.
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In defense of students' free speech rights
In its 1969 Tinker vs. Des Moines decision upholding the right of students to express themselves -- so long as the speech doesn't pose a threat of "substantial disruption" -- the high court overturned the suspensions of some Iowa students who had worn black armbands to protest the Vietnam War. Monday's oral arguments concerned a less high-minded expression of opinion: a banner waved by a Juneau, Alaska, student that said: "Bong Hits 4 Jesus."
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