student speech
Censoring Students for Pro-Trump Clothing is Problematic
Students have the right to engage in political speech at school. Censorship is not the answer.
Read More
Violent-themed Student Speech
In the wake of Columbine, school officials have taken to treating all violent-themed student speech as true threats.
Read More
Students Made Noise and Put the Best of the First Amendment on Display
Thousands of people and Newseum visitors put their First Amendment freedoms in action during the March for Our Lives weekend.
Read More
Are high schools teaching students to devalue free speech?
When high school students are threatened and punished for using their First Amendment rights, is it any wonder they show intolerance of free speech as they enter college?
Read More
Newseum to Host Program With Student Journalists From Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
The Eagle Eye journalists will be in Washington, D.C., to attend the “March for Our Lives” rally on March 24.
Read More
School walkouts in the wake of ‘Parkland’ — protected by the First Amendment or not?
As the youth movement around gun control gains steam, some schools have threatened students with suspension and other consequences if they protest on school grounds.
Read More
Students Have an “Alternate Understanding” of the First Amendment
Newseum President and CEO Jeffrey Herbst argues that students increasingly believe in the “right to non-offensive speech.”
Read More
Sexually Explicit Picture Not Fighting Words, Rules Colorado Appeals Court
The court found that a 14-year-old did not commit disorderly conduct because the explicit picture he drew was protected by the First Amendment.
Read More
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Removal of College Student for Facebook Posts
A public college had the authority to remove a nursing student from its program for Facebook posts without violating the First Amendment, a federal appeals court has ruled. The decision
Read More
Federal Judge: School Officials Justified in Suspending Student for Cyberbullying
What happens when cyberbullying laws and policies collide with a student’s First Amendment free-speech claims? A recent federal district court decision out of New Jersey recently struck the balance in
Read More