Thursday, April 17, 2014

1. What are the 5 freedoms of the 1st amendment?
speech
press
religion
assembly
potion

2. What is the Tinker Standard?
student speech cannot be censored as long as it does not "materially disrupt class work or involve substantial disorder or invasion of the rights of others"
tinker vs. Des moines school district (1969)
black armbands in 1965

3. What is the Frasier Standard?
because school officials have an "interest in teaching students the boundaries of socially appropriate behavior", they can censor student speech that is vulgar or indecent, even if it does not cause a "material or substantial disruption".
bethel school district vs. fraser (1986)
inappropriate speech for class president

4. What is the Hazelwood Standard?
censorship of school sponsored student expression is permissible when school officials can show that it is "reasonably related to legitimate pedagogical concerns"
Hazelwood school district vs. kuhlmerier
censor stories in student newspaper about teen pregnancy and divorce

5. What is the Frederick Standard?
January 2002, Olympic torch travels through town
principle morse cancels school
senior Fredrick unveils banner on the sidewalk across street which reads "Bong hits for jesus"
suspended for 10 days

6. What is the definition of libel?
printing or doing a story on something that is untrue 
has to hurt someones reputation or character
has to be written and published 
Slander statements are more spoken