Articles: Offensive Speech
Generally, just being offensive isn't enough to limit First Amendment protection. But how far is too far?
Offensive School Mascots: Time for a Change?
High schools consider updating their look and leaving offensive mascots in the past.
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Anti-Semitic Incidents Increase in Schools
CNN Reports that in K-12 schools in 2017, anti-Semitic incidents increased by 94%.
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Classes Resume After Confederate Flag Protest
Tensions between demonstrators flying confederate flags and student protestors led administrators to cancel classes at a Michigan high school.
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Saline High School Incident
Four High School Students Disciplined for Sending Racist Messages to Fellow Students in a Snapchat Group Chat
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Why burning the American flag is free speech
Gregory "Joey" Johnson burned an American flag as his own form of protest. In 1989, the Supreme Court said it was protected political speech and he has the right to do so to this day.
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Grand Ledge Schools Ban Confederate Flags
Grand Ledge School District Bans Confederate Flags and Other Racially Divisive Messages
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Supreme Court will hear student speech case
The United States Supreme Court is considering a case that will impact the future of free speech rights for every single public school student in the United States.
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Civil Discourse Continues to Decline
In light of the recent Supreme Court ruling on student free speech, civil discourse remains at risk
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