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Layshock v. Hermitage School District

Student First Amendment rights get lost in school’s policing of off-campus postings on social media

donal brown March 18, 2010

A blogger from the Citizen Media Law Project argues that school authorities are over reaching in many instances in punishing students for off-campus speech. In many instances the speech has no disruptive effect on the school or falls short of creating a hostile school environment. -db Citizen Media Law Project Commentary March 17, 2010 By Justin Silverman A freshman at Oak Grove High School in Missouri used Facebook last month to vent about another student: “Wow,

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First Amendment groups petition federal appeals court for favorable ruling on student online speech

donal brown March 11, 2010

Conflicting court rulings have prompted First Amendment groups to ask for clarification about  when students can be disciplined for off -campus online speech that is  not a part of school activities. -db Student Press Law Center Press Release March 9, 2010 The Student Press Law Center, a national non-profit devoted to defending student journalists’ First Amendment rights, filed a friend-of-the-court brief today urging a federal appeals court to clarify that schools cannot discipline students for

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