Recent ruling shows Hazelwood limiting teacher speech
A January 22 ruling in federal district court in New York shows that Hazelwood can limit teacher’s speech as well as student’s. The court ruled that a teacher could not wear a political campaign button. -db First Amendment Center Commentary January 30, 2010 By David L. Hudson Jr. When First Amendment advocates hear the name Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, they naturally think of student-press rights or, more accurately, a diminution of student-press rights. But