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Washington: High school student suspended for abandoning school-approved speech

donal brown February 15, 2011

A high school sophomore from Edmonds, Washington, running for student government, was suspended for a day and a half after he substituted his own speech for a school-approved one. The student had urged students to boycott the election since student government officers were puppets of the teachers and had no real power. The boy’s mother is appealing the suspension to the school board on the grounds that the speech created no disruption at the school.

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High school student insulting teacher online gets suspension from school expunged

donal brown January 29, 2011

San Francisco Chronicle January 29, 2010 By Bob Egelko SACRAMENTO COUNTY – A high school sophomore suspended for calling his teacher a “fat ass” on Facebook had the infraction erased from his record after his principal conceded that the posting was not disruptive to the school environment. The American Civil Liberties Union had argued that the boy’s speech was protected under the First Amendment as it did not create “a material and substantial disruption” at

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Federal appeals court rejects student’s free speech claim over racial slur

donal brown October 21, 2010

Citing the likelihood of substantial disruption, the 2nd Circuit ruled that school authorities acted corrrectly in suspending a student for making a racial slur after a Hispanic student had died in a motorcycle accident. -db First Amendment Center Analysis October 20, 2010 By David L. Hudson Jr. East Hampton, N.Y., public school officials were entitled to qualified immunity for removing a student from school who allegedly made a racial slur that led to substantial disruptions

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Santa Monica mayor kicks activist out of council meeting for alleged disruptive behavior

donal brown October 14, 2010

The Santa Monica mayor asked the police to remove an activist from the city council meeting after he refused to put down a sign saying the city had committed human rights violations. -db The Lookout News October 14, 2010 By Jonathan Friedman The City Council Chambers were briefly evacuated at Tuesday night’s council meeting while police officers removed activist Pro Se from the room. Mayor Bobby Shriver ordered the removal because Se refused to put

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UC Irvine: Muslim Student Union suspended for year for disrupting Israel ambassador’s speech

donal brown June 17, 2010

The Muslim Student Union has appealed University of California Irvine’s suspension of their group for one year, saying that the suspension would create a chilling effect on expression of ideas and hurt their efforts to combat marginalization. -db The Orange County Register June 15, 2010 By Deepa Bharath and Ellyn Pak IRVINE, Calif.– UC Irvine’s Muslim Student Union members say a year-long suspension came as a shock and that the university’s action would deny Muslim

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