Lesson 5 Extra Cases

Question 1

Betel School District v. Fraser(1968)

• facts
• decision
• what it furthers

Answer 1

• high school student used sexually explicit language in a speech endorsing another student for an office in student government
• The school did not violate the students constitutional rights
• Public school have the duty to teach students the boundaries of appropriate behavior.
• This furthers a legitimate societal interest

Question 2

Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969)

• facts
• decision
• gave rise to

Answer 2

• Three students wore black armbands to school to protest the Vietnam War
• The school violated the students’ Constitutional rights
• This case gave rise to the “Tinker Test”

Question 3

Tinker Test

Answer 3

• for determining the constitutional legitimacy of speech in a school setting.
  1) passive
  2) symbolic
  3) non-disruptive

Question 4

Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier(1988)

• facts
• decision

Answer 4

• The school administration removed two articles deemed inappropriate from the school newspaper
• The school did not violate the free speech rights of the authors……The school newspaper is a school-funded and school-sponsored publication, allowing the school administration to censor its content

Question 5

Morse v. Frederick (2007)

Answer 5

• Students at an alaskan high school held up a banner reading “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” at a school sponsored assembly
• The school did not violate the students’ rights….Public schools have a right to promote a safe, drug-free educational environment